(Friendly City Story) Dalian, Liaoning and Kitakyushu City, Japan, work together to overcome the epidemic
China News Service, Dalian, May 16 (Reporter Yang Yi) Since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, many international friendly cities such as Kitakyushu City in Japan have expressed condolences and provided support to Dalian City in Liaoning Province through various means and various channels. At present, with the spread of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic in the world, Dalian is also able to donate materials to the international friendship cities in a timely manner and interpret the touching stories of mutual help between the international friendship cities.
Kitakyushu City and Dalian City were established as friendly cities in May 1979, and were Dalian ’s first international friendship city. Since the get-together, the successive mayors of Kitakyushu City, including the mayor of North Bridge Jianzhi, have been honorary citizens of Dalian. Over the years, the two cities have accumulated a large number of exchange results in a wide range of fields such as economy, trade, environmental protection, tourism, water affairs, and sports, and were evaluated by the then Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as "a model of Sino-Japanese friendship city exchange." The "North Bridge" in Dalian and the "Great Northern Pavilion" and "Dalian Friendship Memorial Hall" in Kitakyushu have also become a symbol of friendship between the two cities.
The picture shows Dalian donating 200,000 masks to Kitakyushu. Photo courtesy of the Foreign Affairs Office of Dalian Municipal Government
After the outbreak of new pneumonia in China, Kitakyushu City actively raised donations of medical materials such as medical masks and protective clothing for Dalian City, while making full use of the convenient conditions for direct flights from Dalian to Kitakyushu, summarizing Dalian donated materials in other friendly cities in Japan and quickly delivering Arrived in Dalian. In order to express its support for Dalian's fight against the epidemic, Kitakyushu prominently wrote the slogan "China Refueling, Dalian Refueling" in its airport terminal.
Since then, the epidemic in Dalian has gradually stabilized, but the epidemic in Japan has begun to spread, and cases of infections have continued to appear in Kitakyushu City. After learning that there was a shortage of masks in Kitakyushu City and urgently needed procurement channels, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Dalian Municipal Government immediately coordinated the relevant departments of Dalian City to solve the procurement problems for Kitakyushu. The Dalian government immediately decided to donate 200,000 masks to Kitakyushu.
A Japanese ophthalmology clinic thanked Dalian. Photo courtesy of the Foreign Affairs Office of Dalian Municipal Government
I voted for peach and reported it to Qiong Yao. On March 27, Kitakyushu City received 200,000 masks donated by Dalian City. The carton also said, "Under the spring rain, meet an umbrella. Come on Kitakyushu! Come on Japan!", Which touched countless Japanese citizens.
For the assistance from Dalian, the mayor of Northbridge Jianzhi wrote a letter and thanked: "As our city is fully committed to the unprecedented major epidemic situation, your city has reached out to our city for the first time. This kind of friendship will be unforgettable for life."
The picture shows Dalian donating 200,000 masks to Kitakyushu. Photo courtesy of the Foreign Affairs Office of Dalian Municipal Government
Jing Shibo, deputy director of the Asian Division of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Dalian Municipal Government, said, "Dalian ’s donation to Kitakyushu is not a" reward "or" rebate ", but when difficulties arise in a friendly city, we should come forward and give our best support And help. "Along with the donated materials, there was also a condolence letter issued by Dalian City, accompanied by a summary of Dalian ’s experience in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, which caused a warm response from relevant cities in Japan.
At present, Dalian is orderly advancing the work of resuming production and resuming school, and actively exploring new ways of international exchange under the epidemic situation with the Japanese cities of Kitakyushu and other friendly cities in the fields of urban governance, primary and secondary school disaster prevention and risk avoidance education. (Finish)