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Kunming and Vientiane, Laos held an online video conference to discuss friendship, discuss cooperation and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the sister city relationship between the two cities.

Liu Hongjian, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Asapangtong Sipandun, Mayor of Vientiane, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Qin Chen, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Laos, and Manila Songbandy, Consul General of Laos in Kunming, attended the meeting.

Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Chairman of the Central Committee of the National Front, Sinlavong Koupaitun sent a congratulatory letter, expressing congratulations on the cooperation achievements made by the two cities in the past 10 years since the establishment of the sister city relationship, and wishing The two cities have made greater achievements in economic and social construction, creating a happier and better life for the people of the two places, as brilliant and beautiful as the blooming Champa flowers and camellias.

On behalf of the Kunming Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Kunming Municipal People's Government and the people of all ethnic groups in the city, Liu Hongjian congratulated the 10th anniversary of the friendship between the two cities. Liu Hongjian said that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos and the China-Laos Friendship Year, and the sister city relationship between Kunming and Vientiane is also celebrating the 10th anniversary. Over the past 10 years, the two cities have come and gone frequently, and are as close as one family. Equality, mutual benefit, win-win cooperation, mutual help, and solidarity have formed a profound friendship through friendly exchanges and brought tangible benefits to the people of the two places. With the opening of the China-Laos Railway, there are great opportunities for connectivity and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two places. Kunming City is willing to work with Vientiane City, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two parties and the two countries, to jointly develop, build, and build the golden line of the China-Laos Railway, deepen practical cooperation relying on their respective resource endowments and industrial advantages, and strengthen humanities Exchanges and people-to-people exchanges have pushed friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation to a new level.

Asha Pangtong Sipandun said that in the past 10 years, the two cities have united and helped each other, understood each other, supported each other, cooperated closely, and efficiently promoted the implementation of multiple cooperation projects, and achieved significant results. It is hoped that the two cities will seize the opportunity of the opening of the China-Laos Railway, further intensify contacts, strengthen exchanges, promote practical cooperation in the fields of agriculture, tourism, health, education, sports, etc., improve and perfect the cooperation mechanism, accelerate the implementation of projects, and promote the cooperation between the two sides to achieve more Great results will better benefit the people of the two cities.

City leaders Liu Jiachen, Liu Shenshou, Xiong Ruili, Sun Qun, and relevant leaders of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office attended the meeting.

At the meeting, project promotion and signing were also held. The relevant departments of Kunming introduced the Lao railway technical personnel training, the Kunming market procurement trade pilot, the Lao youth employment and entrepreneurship international incubator and other projects, and signed a contract in Kunming, China —Memorandum of cooperation on the Maternal and Child Health Medical Exchange Project in Vientiane, Laos.