On the afternoon of August 19, a Party and government delegation of Jingzhou visited Foshan, attended the Foshan- Jingzhou Exchangeand Cooperation Conference and signed the Twin City Agreement at the conference. He Guangzhong, Secretary of the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee, exchanged ideas with Lu Yi, Secretary of the CPC Foshan Municipal Committee on deepening Jingzhou-Foshan friendly cities cooperation.
He Guangzhong said, Foshan is the benefactor for Jingzhou who has sacrificed their lives, and Foshan has always been fully supported Jingzhou’s epidemic control and prevention. The purpose of this “Gratitude visit” is to express our kindly thanks to Foshan Municipal Committee, FoshanMunicipal People’s Government and Foshan Medical Aid Teams. A friend in need isa friend indeed ! The deep friendship between Jingzhou and Foshan in fighting epidemic will definitely be sublimated in the future through friendly cooperation. In recent years, Foshan's economic and social development achievements are remarkable. Jingzhou should deeply learn from Foshan'sadvanced experience, focus on industrial transfer and industrial complementarity, optimize the business environment with greater efforts, andachieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation.
Lu Yi said the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee, the municipal government and the people of Jingzhou have made important contributions to the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control in Hubei Province and even the whole country. Foshan and Jingzhou are located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River EconomicBelt respectively. The two places have broad space and great potential for cooperation.We hope that the two sides will carry out regular exchanges in the areas of industrial cooperation, economic and trade exchanges, scientific andtechnological innovation, cultural tourism, education and sports, medical and health care, and personnel training, and work together to build a comprehensive and multi-level win-win relationship.
At the conference, He Guangzhong presented a "drum with a tiger-shaped base and a phoenix-shaped frame" to Foshan on behalf of Jingzhou. Zhu Wei, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Foshan Municipal Committee and Mayor of the Foshan Municipal People's Government, introduced Foshan's economic and social development.
Present were Duan Changlin, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Congress; Wang Shouwei, Chairman of the CPPCC Jingzhou Municipal Committee; Li Wenzhen, Director of the Shenzhen Office of the Hubei Provincial People's Government; Xiang Bin, Member of the Standing Committeeof the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government; Zhang Yuanmei, Member of the Standing Committeeof the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee, Member of the Party Leadership Groupof the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government and First Secretary of the PartyWork Committee of Jingzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone; Chen Aiping, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Congress; as well as Foshan's municipal leaders including Xiong Zhixiang, Liu Shan, Qiao Yu, Zhang Chaozhiand Zhang Kaiji. XiangBin signed the twin city agreement with Foshan on behalf of the JingzhouMunicipal People's Government.