In order to fully display the achievements that Changchun has made in the exchanges and cooperation with international sister cities, open an information cooperation platform, and diversify promotion of such aspects as economy, trade, conference, exhibition and tourism, Changchun Foreign (Overseas Chinese) Affairs Office Website & Changchun Municipal Government Foreign Language Website and Changchun Information Center held an opening ceremony of Changchun-Little Rock Sister City Website Columns at Shangri-La Hotel at 6 pm on November 10, 2010.
Mr. Cui Jie, Mayor of Changchun, and Mr. Mark Stodola, Mayor of Little Rock, jointly unveiled the columns, and received interviews by Changchun Municipal Government Website. Mr. Stephen Michael, chairman of the Sister Cities Commission of Little Rock, all delegation members of Little Rock, Mrs. Kathy, specially-appointed foreign expert of Changchun Municipal Government Website, and leaders of E-government Division of Changchun, and Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Changchun as well as media reporters attended the ceremony.
The Changchun-Little Rock Sister City Website Columns is the first international cooperation project that Changchun has opened among its 16 sister city government websites. The columns, rich in pictures and essays, cover such information as urban highlights, friendly exchanges, key industries, international cooperation projects, conferences, exhibitions, travel guide, lodging, catering and traffic guide. Not only will this project help deepen the exchanges and cooperation between the two cities, it will also be of great importance for Changchun explore cooperation with other sister city websites, further publicize Changchun and carry out exchanges and cooperation through the internet.
