Two Chinese cities named sister cities to Sahiwal, Bahawalpur
Pakistan
Two Chinese cities named sister cities to Sahiwal, Bahawalpur
ISLAMABAD (APP) - China and Punjab province signed Letters of Intent (LoI) to establish sister-city relations between Sahiwal and Wuzhong as well as Bahawalpur and Zhongwei to strengthen the bond of friendship between China and Pakistan.
Zhou Yihe, the deputy mayor of Wuzhong city and Kang Jun Jie, the deputy mayor of Zhongwei represented their cities in the signing ceremony.
Punjab Minister of Agriculture and Industrial Development SM Tanvir signed the two agreements from the Pakistani side, according to the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing.
The signing of the letters of intent for friendly cooperation between the two sides was held during Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s visit to Ningxia Hui, an autonomous region in China, from during the sixth China-Arab Expo held in Yinchuan, Ningxia.
The chief minister was accompanied by a 15-member delegation comprising provincial ministers and high-ranking officials.
During the visit, the Punjab chief minister met with the provincial leadership of Ningxia and exchanged views on the avenues to enhance cooperation between the two sister provinces, Ningxia and Punjab.
Wuzhong is the second most populous city of the region, specializing in diary, smart agriculture and food processing.
Zhongwei, predominantly a desert city, has been developed as a centre of renewable energy, including solar and wind farming, and also as a model base in the region’s drive for oasification in desert areas.
The friendship agreements entail cooperation in a range of areas, especially agriculture, education, healthcare, economy and trade, science and technology and tourism.
The latest agreements seek to further promote people-to-people exchanges, which have grown significantly, including due to the establishment of over 40 sister province and sister city relationships between various cities and regions of China and Pakistan.
