According to the Foreign Affairs Office of Weifang Municipal Government, a 
video conference was held on May 26 among participants from Warsaw, Olsztyn and 
two Chinese cities Jinan and Weifang in east China's Shandong Province. Olsztyn 
and Weifang, as sister cities, exchanged tips on the prevention and control of 
the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Liu Guangyuan, Chinese Ambassador to 
Poland, Piotr Grzymowicz, Olsztyn mayor, and Tian Qingying, Weifang mayor 
attended the meeting.

That was the first experience-sharing meeting between the two sister cities on 
how to effectively prevent and control the COVID-19. A total of 11 questions 
were proposed by Olsztyn's medical team, which were answered by their Weifang 
counterparts based on practical experiences. 

On behalf of local government, Tian invited Piotr Grzymowicz to visit Weifang 
with a delegation at an appropriate time. Closer exchanges and ties are 
expected as the two sides continue to expand trade and friendship after the 
epidemic ends.  

Piotr Grzymowicz appreciated Weifang's sharing of anti-virus experience, and 
expected growing bilateral economic, cultural and people-to-people exchanges. 

Weifang and Olsztyn became sister cities in 2016. Since then, the two sides 
have maintained close ties and carried out extensive exchanges and cooperation 
in economy, culture and tourism.

After the global outbreak of COVID-19, Weifang provided 1,000 N95 medical 
protective masks, 10,000 disposable common medical masks and 200 sets of 
medical protective clothing to Olsztyn as humanitarian assistance. 

Source: The Foreign Affairs Office of Weifang Municipal Government

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