Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will attend the Congdu International Forum in Guangzhou today (10th) and deliver a speech at the opening ceremony.Since it coincided with the Sino-US trade war, Wang Qishan's speech has attracted much attention.
According to a report from Sing Tao Daily today, the theme of this forum is reform, opening up and win-win cooperation, and 40 former political leaders from various countries were invited to attend, which is the largest number over the years.
The Congdu International Forum is jointly organized by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Australia-China Friendship Exchange Association since 2014.Last year's theme was Global Governance and China's Advocacy, and a total of 20 former foreign dignitaries attended. Shanghai Vice Mayor attended the Shanghai-Northern Shuangcheng Forum, which was regarded as the first step to melt the ice in cross-strait relations
The Taipei and Shanghai Twin Cities Forum will be held in Taipei on the 20th. According to news from the Taipei City Government, the Shanghai delegation will be led by Zhou Bo, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor.Since this is the highest-level cross-strait exchange activity after Taiwan's nine-in-one election, it is of special significance and can be regarded as the first step in melting ice in cross-strait relations.This forum focuses on circular economy, and Shanghai and Taipei will exchange experience in the fields of general health, culture, public housing, urban renewal and waste classification.
Zhou Bowei was born in Shanghai in 1962. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He has worked in Shanghai in the past. He used to be the president of Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company, the director of Shanghai Foreign Economic and Trade Commission (Foreign Investment Commission), and the deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Government.Secretary, Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and Deputy Mayor.
According to China Times News, the Twin Cities Forum has been held alternately in Taipei and Shanghai since its inception in 2010, and is now in its ninth session.Recalling that when Taipei was the host of previous sessions, apart from the first session in 2010, which was attended by the then Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, in 2012 and 2014, representatives from the then Shanghai Vice Mayor Jiang Ping and Tu Guangshao were present respectively, and in 2016, representatives from a higher levelSha Hailin, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, went to Taiwan to attend the Twin Cities Forum as a representative of the mayor of Shanghai.
Therefore, Zhou Bo, the deputy mayor who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and ranked first among the eight deputy mayors in Shanghai, attended this session.highest level.It is obvious that the mainland attaches great importance to this Twin Cities Forum.
Matters related to this forum will be finalized by the delegation led by Li Wenhui, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipality, who arrived in Taiwan on the 9th, and Rao Qingyu, Executive Director of the Mainland Affairs Group of the Taipei City Government.It is understood that after Li Wenhui and other 8 Shanghai Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office officials arrived in Taiwan, they immediately went to the Taipei City Government to visit the Mainland Affairs Group of the Taipei City Government at 1 p.m. and discuss matters related to city exchanges and forums;Market, learn about the renovation plan of the public market in Taipei City; in the evening, visit the MRT Zhongshan Underground Book Street.
This Twin Cities Forum focuses on circular economy. Through exchanges and discussions, the two cities will promote experience sharing and exchanges in general health, culture, public housing and urban renewal, and sanitation (garbage sorting) between Taiwan and Shanghai, and further deepen the two cities.Exchanges and cooperation in various fields.Previous forums were mostly held in the middle of the year, but this year coincides with the nine-in-one election. As early as July, the mainland group of the North City Government had set the tone and postponed it until after the election.
KMT spokesman Hong Mengkai said that the Twin Cities Forum has been going on for a long time and is more a matter of the local government level. The KMT is happy to see the peaceful and stable development of the two sides of the Strait.The mayors of the 15 blue counties communicate with the cities on the other side. Under the 1992 Consensus and the principle of "one China, each model", there will be more exchanges, mutual trust and development, and they are all optimistic.
