Mr. Wu Xiaojie, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Fuzhou Municipal People’s Government, introduced Fuzhou’s practice and experience of multilateral city diplomacy from three aspects: Fuzhou’s building of multilateral diplomacy platform, foreign affairs brand events, and external display portal. And he elaborated it through presenting Fuzhou as the permanent venue and secretariat of the 21st-Century Maritime Cooperation Committee and its activities on maritime cooperation,as well as Fuzhou’s people-to-people and cultural exchange activities, such as Fuzhou International Friendship Cities Cultural Festival and Silk Road International Youth Photography and Short Video Competition. He also introduced the major international events held by Fuzhou, including Digital China Summit and Maritime Silk Road Expo, as part of Fuzhou’s wider efforts to show the charm of the city and deepen the international cooperation and exchanges through the platforms of international organizations. He noted that Fuzhou will continue to expand foreign exchanges and cooperation in various fields, establish partnerships of maritime cooperation with 21st-Century Maritime Cooperation Committee members, other cities and regions, and provide more public products for global regional maritime governance. 

International Seminar on Multilateral City Diplomacy was held in Guangzhou, China

International Seminar on Multilateral City Diplomacy was held in a hybrid format 

Wu Xiaojie, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Fuzhou Municipal People’s Government, introduced Fuzhou’s work on multilateral city diplomacy. 

Source: Foreign Affairs Office of Fuzhou Municipal People’s Government