The North and South Bincheng are a perfect match. Guangzhou and Dalian are a perfect match.

The North and South Bincheng are a perfect match. Guangzhou and Dalian are a perfect match. (Reported by Yang Qiwei, Special Correspondent in Guangzhou, The Alberta Times) The clouds and mountains are green and the sun is red, and the pearls and water are clear...

The North and South Bincheng are a perfect match. Dalian, Guangzhou “gets closer to each other” (Reported by Yang Qiwei, Special Correspondent of Guangzhou Times of the Alberta Times) The clouds and mountains are green and the sun is red, and the pearly water is shining and clear. On October 29, Guangzhou’s sister city added a new member. "Pearl of the North" Dalian and "Pearl of the South" Guangzhou have become sister cities. Wan Qingliang, deputy secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, and Li Wancai, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Dalian, jointly signed an agreement to establish sister cities between the two cities, marking a new page in the friendly cooperation between the two open coastal cities in the north and the south. Wan Qingliang said that Dalian is the earliest coastal city in the country that is open to the outside world. It is a model of Chinese urban construction in building a vibrant, charming and livable city and exploring scientific development models, especially in urban planning and urban construction. Guangzhou has been a commercial capital for thousands of years and a national central city. It is accelerating its construction into an international business and trade center, a world-famous cultural city, a national innovative city, a comprehensive gateway city, and the province's livable urban and rural "best district" to comprehensively enhance its core competitiveness, cultural soft power, and international influence. Wan Qingliang believes that Dalian and Guangzhou are both coastal cities, the earliest coastal open cities, and are highly complementary in terms of economic and social development. The establishment of sister cities between the two cities can be described as a "perfect match" and a "closer relationship." He hopes that in the process of promoting urban development, Guangzhou can better learn from Dalian's successful experience and scientific development model. Through this opportunity to establish sister cities, we will further promote exchanges and cooperation between the two cities in a wider field and at a higher level, jointly promote the sound and rapid economic and social development of the two cities, and enhance the well-being of the people of the two cities. Li Wancai said that Guangzhou has a long history and has produced numerous people with lofty ideals. Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen and the 72 Huanghuagang martyrs all have commendable deeds everywhere. Guangzhou is also my country's earliest foreign trade treaty port, giving birth to the first generation of individual entrepreneurs and the first batch of "foreign-funded" enterprises after the reform and opening up. Guangzhou is not only the "Southern Gate" of China, but also the "leader" of my country's reform and opening up. It is one of the most economically active cities in China. For many years, its economic aggregate has always ranked among the top three cities in the country, setting an example for the scientific development of other cities. During this trip to Guangzhou, I felt the wisdom and pride of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government in leading the people of the city to build a national central city, taking the lead in accelerating transformation and upgrading and building a "Happy Guangzhou". Cooperation between the two cities is an inevitable requirement for economic and social development to a certain stage. Dalian and Guangzhou have always supported each other and have frequent exchanges and cooperation. The establishment of sister cities between the two cities is an important milestone in the history of collaborative development between the two cities. Dalian will take this as a new starting point to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Guangzhou to achieve common development and common prosperity. It is understood that so far, the total number of sister cities in Guangzhou has reached 23. According to the agreement signed on the 29th, Guangzhou and Dalian will carry out comprehensive cooperation in the fields of exhibitions, tourism, private economy and other fields, strengthen the contact and exchanges between the two cities in economy and trade, talent, science and technology, culture, art, sports and urban management, and establish a close inter-governmental contact system and emergency linkage cooperation mechanism.