7月28日，在市政府外辦、市對外友協(xié)的大力支持與推動下，重慶市萬州區(qū)與奧地利古興市正式締結(jié)國際友好城市關(guān)系。萬州區(qū)區(qū)長聶紅焰與奧地利共和國布爾根蘭德州古興市市長文森茨·科諾爾代表雙方簽署建立國際友好城市關(guān)系協(xié)議書。

自2011年萬州區(qū)通過奧地利歐中環(huán)境促進會與古興市建立聯(lián)系以來，雙方逐步增進友誼和了解。2016年5月，萬州區(qū)政府代表團對古興市進行友好訪問，簽署了“發(fā)展友好城市關(guān)系備忘錄”。同年11月，古興市政府代表團回訪，并出席由中國人民對外友好協(xié)會、中國國際友好城市聯(lián)合會、重慶市人民政府共同主辦的2016中國國際友好城市大會。之后雙方在環(huán)保、旅游等領(lǐng)域開展了廣泛深入的交流。

萬州區(qū)地處“一帶一路”和長江經(jīng)濟帶結(jié)合部，正積極實踐“一心六型”兩化路徑，深入推進“產(chǎn)業(yè)生態(tài)化、生態(tài)產(chǎn)業(yè)化”先行示范區(qū)建設(shè)。改善生態(tài)環(huán)境，堅決打贏污染防治攻堅戰(zhàn)，大力提升全域水質(zhì)，筑牢長江上游重要生態(tài)屏障，需要學習借鑒先進生態(tài)環(huán)保理念，需要積極引進環(huán)境保護和生態(tài)建設(shè)現(xiàn)代化技術(shù)經(jīng)驗。與古興市建立友好城市關(guān)系，雙方可在生態(tài)保護、循環(huán)經(jīng)濟、鄉(xiāng)村振興、旅游發(fā)展等多領(lǐng)域開展交流合作。

萬州區(qū)與古興市成功簽署建立國際友好城市關(guān)系協(xié)議，是萬州區(qū)對外工作“十四五”規(guī)劃實施取得的重大階段性成果。截至目前，萬州區(qū)已與法國熱爾省、烏克蘭切爾卡塞市、美國韋恩斯伯勒市、白俄羅斯明斯克州科佩爾區(qū)和奧地利古興市等5個城市建立了國際友好城市關(guān)系。

古興市

奧地利是最早響應(yīng)“一帶一路”倡議的歐洲國家之一，是“一帶一路”中東歐通往西歐的橋梁。古興市位于奧地利東部的布爾根蘭州南部，2007年成為歐盟確認的第一個二氧化碳零排放地區(qū)、奧地利城鎮(zhèn)再生能源技術(shù)中心、歐盟21世紀典范項目實施地、全球第一個100%采用可再生能源驅(qū)動的城市。這一發(fā)展模式被國際上稱為“古興模式”。

來源/重慶外事公眾號 編輯/賀煜

On July 28， with the great support and promotion of Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government and Chongqing Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries， Wanzhou District of Chongqing officially became the international sister cities with Güssing City of Austria. Nie Hongyan， chief of Wanzhou District， and Vinzenz Knor， mayor of Güssing City， Burgenland， the Republic of Austria， signed an agreement on the establishment of international sister city relations on behalf of the two sides.

Since Wanzhou District established contact with Güssing City through the European China Environment Promotion Association of Austria in 2011， the two sides have gradually enhanced friendship and understanding. In May 2016， Wanzhou District government delegation paid a friendship visit to Güssing City and signed the Memorandum on Developing Friendship Cities Relations. In November of the same year， the delegation of Güssing Municipal Government paid a return visit and attended the 2016 China International Friendship Cities Conference co-organized by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries， China Federation of International Friendship Cities and Chongqing Municipal People's Government. After that， the two sides carried out extensive and in-depth exchanges in the fields of environmental protection and tourism.

Located in the juncture of "Belt and Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt， Wanzhou District is actively implementing the path of "one core， six types"， and further promotes the construction of the pilot demonstration area of "industrial ecology and ecological Industrialization". To improve the ecological environment， resolutely win the battle of pollution prevention and control， vigorously improve the water quality of the entire region and build a key ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River， we need to learn from advanced ecological and environmental protection concepts and actively introduce modern technical experience in environmental protection and ecological building. By twinning up with Güssing City， the two sides can carry out exchanges and cooperation in ecological protection， circular economy， rural revitalization， tourism development and other fields.

Wanzhou District and Güssing City have successfully signed an agreement on the establishment of international sister city relations， which is a major phased achievement in the implementation of the 14th Five Year Plan for Wanzhou District's foreign work. Up to now， Wanzhou District has established international sister city relations with five cities， including Gers Province of France， Cherkasy City of Ukraine， Waynesboro City of the United States， Koper? District of Minsk state of Belarus and Güssing City of Austria.

Güssing City

One of the earliest countries responding to "Belt and Road" Initiative， Austria is the first central European country to communicate the initiative to the West Europe. Located in the south of Burgenland in the east of Austria， in 2007， Güssing City became the first carbon dioxide zero emission area recognized by the EU， the Austrian Urban Renewable Energy Technology Center， the implementation site of the EU model program in the 21st century， and the world's first city driven by 100% renewable energy. This development model is internationally known as the "Güssing model".

Source /WeChat public account of Chongqing Foreign Affairs? ?Editor/He Yu