相知無遠近，萬里尚為鄰。

縱觀世界，國際友好城市往來已成為各國間建立友好關(guān)系的基石。2014年5月，習(xí)近平主席在中國國際友好大會暨中國人民對外友好協(xié)會成立60周年紀念活動的講話中指出，要大力開展中國國際友好城市工作，促進中外地方政府交流，推動實現(xiàn)資源共享、優(yōu)勢互補、合作共贏。

自1981年成都與蒙彼利埃締結(jié)四川第一對國際友好城市關(guān)系以來，四川的國際“朋友圈”不斷擴大。截至2021年5月，四川已結(jié)成國際友城關(guān)系112對、國際友好合作關(guān)系280對。

友城交往搭建起國際合作的廣闊平臺。通過建立友好城市關(guān)系，四川各市州加強和世界各地在經(jīng)濟、科技、文化、教育等多領(lǐng)域多層次的交往合作。成都蒙彼利埃小學(xué)、眉山中法農(nóng)業(yè)科技園、瀘州阿塞拜疆國家館等友城交流合作成果等，不斷推動四川高質(zhì)量發(fā)展再上新臺階。

友城交往織成了增進民間友好、加強文化交流互鑒的緊密紐帶。四川以深厚的歷史文化底蘊，廣結(jié)天下朋友，與友城互展城市別樣風(fēng)姿。璀璨古蜀文明、三國文化與神秘瑪雅文明碰撞，讓成都與梅里達惺惺相惜;彩燈為媒，為自貢照亮了與固城郡、蓋亞克的友情;美酒在手，千年酒都宜賓與國際友城哥倫比亞“把酒言歡”……

友城交往凝聚起團結(jié)信任、攜手抗疫的強大力量。當(dāng)全球疫情蔓延，國際友城守望相助，用實際行動踐行人類命運共同體理念。疫情嚴峻時刻，友城間相互援助堅定了戰(zhàn)勝疫情的信心;后疫情時代，往來受限，友城積極開辟“云端”交流“專線”，讓交往“不掉線”，合作“不斷檔”。

時光流轉(zhuǎn)，歲月變遷，人類尋求對外交往合作的初心始終未變！友城交往合作順應(yīng)潮流，跨越時空，續(xù)寫著開放發(fā)展的時代新篇！

Bosom friends make distance disappear.

The exchanges between international friendship cities have underpinned the establishment of friendly relations between countries. In May 2014， Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke at the China International Friendship Cities Conference and the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. He noted that great efforts should be made to seek for more international friendship cities， promote exchanges between Chinese and foreign local governments， and catalyze their resource sharing， mutual complementation and cooperation in the interest of common development.

Since 1981， when Chengdu and Montpellier established their ties as the first pair of international friendship cities in Sichuan， Sichuan’s international “circle of friends” has been constantly expanding. As of May 2021， Sichuan had established a rapport with 112 international friendship cities and 280 international friendly and cooperative cities.

Friendship-city exchanges provide a broad platform for international cooperation. Through the establishment of friendship city relations， Sichuan has strengthened exchanges and cooperation at all levels with other parts of the world in economy， science and technology， culture and education. The achievements in this regard include Chengdu Montpellier Primary School， Meishan Sino-French Agricultural Science and Technology Park， and Luzhou Azerbaijan National Pavilion， which have raised the high-quality development of Sichuan to a new level.

Friendship-city exchanges enhance people-to-people friendship and strengthen cultural exchanges and mutual learning. Relying on its profound historical and cultural heritage， Sichuan has continuously expanded its circle of friends and shown its characteristics to its friendship cities. For example， Chengdu’s brilliant ancient Shu civilization and culture of the Three Kingdoms period blend with the mysterious Mayan civilization of Merida. Zigong’s lantern culture connects itself with Goseong-gun and Gaillac. Yibin， capital of liquor with a history of thousands of years， promotes its liquor culture to its international friendship city Columbia.

Friendship-city exchanges unite efforts for the fight against COVID-19. As the epidemic sweeps the world， international friendship cities help each other and make solid efforts to build a community with a shared future for mankind. In the face of the severe epidemic， they support each other to strengthen their confidence in overcoming the epidemic. Due to limited exchanges in the post-epidemic era， friendship cities open up online channels to maintain international exchanges and cooperation.

Despite the passage of time， we remain true to our original aspiration to seek exchanges and cooperation. Friendship-city exchanges and cooperation conform to the trend of times， get beyond the limits of time and space， and start a new era of open development！

感謝四川省外事辦公室、四川省人民對外友好協(xié)會、成都市人民政府外事辦公室、成都蒙彼利埃之家對本組報道的支持

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