Zhu Zhongming Meets with Brown, Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand

Shanghai Mayor Zhu Zhongming met yesterday with a delegation led by Wayne Brown, Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand. Zhu Zhongming said that China and New Zealand are important cooperative partners to each other, and that Shanghai and Auckland enjoy close exchanges and profound friendship, having carried out extensive and practical cooperation since the two cities established friendly exchange relations in 2012. Shanghai is a key carrier of major national strategies and is accelerating its development into a socialist modern international metropolis with global influence. Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and an important economic, trade and financial center. He expressed the hope that both sides will earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, further strengthen exchanges and cooperation in such areas as trade and industrial investment, achieve higher-level mutual benefit and win-win outcomes, and contribute more to the sound and steady development of China-New Zealand relations. He welcomed more Auckland enterprises to participate in the China International Import Expo and increase their investment and presence in Shanghai. He looks forward to both sides further strengthening practical cooperation in green and smart shipping, aviation connectivity and other areas, continuously deepening exchanges in such fields as youth, culture and art, and encouraging more people to travel to each other's cities and experience their charm.