Expo organizer sign co-operation deal with Yangtze cities
Date:14/10/2009
scene of a meeting between the organizer and government officials of Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces
Zhong Yanqun, fulltime deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee
Zhang Jisheng, deputy secretary general of Jiangsu Province
Xia Haiwei, deputy secretary general of Zhejiang Province
The Shanghai 2010 World Expo organizer signed cooperation deals yesterday with nine Yangtze Delta cities - Changzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Taizhou in Jiangsu Province, and Nantong, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Zhoushan and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province - for Friendship Day during Expo.
Yang Xiong, Shanghai Executive Vice Mayor and executive deputy director of the Executive Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, and Zhong Yanqun, fulltime deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee, attended the signing ceremony.
Friendship Day, which will be one of the main Expo activities in the Yangtze Delta, will promote the integration of the delta area, Zhong said.
Cooperation has been smooth in fields such as Expo-themed forums, the Urban Best Practices Area, Expo promotion weeks and Expo tickets, Zhong added.
Friendship Day activities for the featured Yangtze Delta cities will happen on the Expo site and in the cities.
scene of the signing ceremony
scene of the signing ceremony
Chen Xianjin, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination
Editor: Ruben Shen
