Mayor of Auckland Wayne Brown led a business delegation to visit Guangzhou

This year marks the 35th anniversary of establishing friendship cities between Guangzhou and Auckland, New Zealand. Mayor of Auckland Wayne Brown led a business delegation to visit Guangzhou. In Nansha, they got on the driverless cars feeling the travel convenience brought by technology; they visited the Nansha Planning Exhibition Hall to see construction achievements; they went to Guangdong Medical Valley to know about medical innovation cooperation. Wayne Brown said that in China, every day there is an opportunity to see something that cannot be seen elsewhere in the world.

"Line up together people. All of us……" This traditional New Zealand Maori song has been heard throughout the Guangzhou Library. Wayne played the ukulele and sang with Guangzhou citizens to share the joy of the 35th anniversary of establishing friendship cities between Guangzhou and Auckland.

At the Guangzhou Library, Wayne Brown shared with reporters the book he wrote and a book that records the life of Guangdong Chinese immigrants in New Zealand. He said many Chinese in New Zealand today are injecting vitality into New Zealand's economy through entrepreneurship and investment. While they are working hard outside, they do not forget to contribute to their hometown. They act as disseminators and inheritors of Chinese culture enhancing China's influence on the world stage.

Over the past 35 years, Guangzhou and Auckland have cooperated in many aspects such as economy, trade, technology and culture and achieved fruitful results. Wayne Brown said that two cities should strengthen exchanges and learn from each other in the future. He encouraged Auckland and Guangzhou enterprises to actively cooperate to develop business opportunities and promote the relationship between China and New Zealand to a new level.

Source：GuangzhouWaishi(广州外事)