On the evening of July 22, Consul General Zhang Jianmin attended the online signing ceremony between Guangzhou and San Francisco, witnessing the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Bay Area Friendship City Agreement. Mayor Sun Zhiyang of Guangzhou and Mayor London Breed of San Francisco attended the ceremony and signed the MOU.

Mayor Sun Zhiyang stated that Guangzhou and San Francisco are both at the core of the Bay Areas, with broad prospects for cooperation. He hopes that the signing of this MOU will serve as an opportunity to deepen and solidify exchanges in various fields, jointly leading the Bay-to-Bay cooperation and contributing to the implementation of the San Francisco Vision for China-U.S. relations.

Mayor London Breed remarked that San Francisco and Guangzhou have close cultural connections and economic interactions. The signing of the MOU is of great significance and will strongly promote cooperation between the two cities, jointly opening up a future of mutual understanding, innovative development and shared prosperity.

Consul General Zhang Jianmin congratulated the two cities on establishing the friendship city relationship. He expressed the hope that both sides will leverage their advantages as core cities in Bay Areas to further strengthen cooperation, expand people-to-people exchanges and youth interactions, deliver tangible benefitsto the two peoples, and contribute to the improvement and growth of overall China-U.S. relations.