On May 15, the Yellow River Estuary International Friendly Cities Conference 
for Dialogue and Exchange was held in Dongying city, Shandong province. The 
conference was hosted by Dongying Municipal People's Government and the Foreign 
Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government, and organized by the 
Foreign Affairs Office of Dongying Municipal People's Government, according to 
the News Office of Dongying Municipal People's Government. The event was 
attended by about 100 people, including representatives from domestic and 
foreign cities, business and trade associations, and  related departments and 
enterprises in Dongying. Chen Bichang, mayor of Dongying, Lin Haibin, deputy 
director-general of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's 
Government and Christine MBA NDUTUME, mayor of Libreville, Gabon attended the 
conference and delivered a speech.

At the event, Chen Bichang, mayor of Dongying, and Christine MBA NDUTUME, mayor 
of Libreville, signed a "Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of 
International Friendly Cities Relationship between Dongying and Libreville". 
Wang Xiufeng, vice mayor of Dongying and Cepparello Giovanna, Councillor of 
Livorno, Italy, signed a "Letter of Intent on the Establishment of 
International Friendly Cities Relationship between Dongying and Livorno 
Province". Libreville of Gabon responded actively and signed to join the 
"Dongying Initiative on Cooperation and Development of World Estuarine Cities".

Representatives of international friendly cities and estuarine cities such as 
Dongying of Shandong, Libreville of Gabon, Yingkou of Liaoning Province, 
Livorno Province of Italy, Niigata of Japan and Bavaria of Germany respectively 
introduced and promoted their cities and held a working conference, launching 
an in-depth exchange on the cooperation, exchange and joint development of 
international friendly cities and world estuarine cities.

During the conference, the participants and guests from home and abroad paid a 
field visit to the Yellow River Delta National Natural Reserve, the Yellow 
River Delta Agricultural High-tech Demonstration Zone, and the Yellow River 
Cultural Museum.

This conference is an important measure taken by Dongying to boost 
international cooperation and exchange, expand the opening-up and international 
"circle of friends" and tell the "story of Dongying", which is the extension 
and deepening version of the World Estuarine Cities Conference for Cooperation 
and Development. It will promote Dongying and international friendly cities, 
and the estuarine cities at home and abroad to work together to develop a 
closer friendly tie, achieve higher inter-connectivity and deepen their 
cultural exchanges.

Source: The News Office of Dongying Municipal People's Government

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   Caption: Chen Bichang, deputy secretary of the CPC Dongying Municipal 
Committee and mayor, delivers a speech at the Yellow River Estuary 
International Friendly Cities Conference for Dialogue and Exchange.

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   Caption: The participants and guests from home and abroad pay a field visit 
to the Yellow River Cultural Museum.