In a historic reunion commemorating 30 years of friendship between the Sister Cities of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, China, and Redwood City in California, United States, the mayors of the respective cities met on November 14 in Zhuhai to celebrate the long-standing unity.
As part of the celebration of these three days of brotherhood, the mayor of Redwood City, Jeff Gee, accompanied by a delegation of 21 people, traveled to China in order to cultivate the relationship in different sectors of both countries such as education, medicine, industry and government, as well as is l /span> Anna Lee Mraz in an interview with Manuel Ortiz during the Peninsula 360 Radio program, in collaboration with Marcos Guti rez from ?Hecho en California?.
The Sister City concept began in 1956 during the Eisenhower presidential administration, some years after the end of World War II, when a global network of Sister Cities was created to build trust, brotherhood and rebuild relationships between nations.
In this sense, for Redwood City, a Sister City officially develops long-term links that generate friendship, trust and strengthening between nations to promote cultural, educational, economic, social and technological exchange between communities.
“The idea of this delegation is to create connections and relationships, not only on the political issue, but also with industries. There were some investors, some people from the music industry, some who make technology for musical instruments, and there were also two professors from Palo Alto University to work on university exchanges with the Universities of Psychology,” added Mraz.
On November 13, the Zhuhai Foreign Affairs Board and its team welcomed the delegation from Redwood City and took them to see the bridge connecting Hong Kong with Macao and Zhuhai, the three major cities in the region.
During their tour, the delegation was explained the importance of this bridge for the city; its construction began in 2009 and was completed on November 14, 2017, it was opened on October 23, 2018, giving the opportunity to connect long distances, since it measures 55 kilometers, being a series of bridges and