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September 20-24, 2017
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purpose of the visit was to conduct business meetings
between Richmond and
Zhoushan
officials to discuss and
renew exchanges in the areas of economic development,
arts and culture, education, public health, and tourism, and to renew and update the Mutual Agreement between
the two cities.
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Permanent display of
Zhoushan
artifacts in the lobby
of the renovated Richmond City Hall.
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The
Zhoushan
Commission will work toward creating
a webpage in Mandarin on the City of Richmond
website to provide information on the sister city
relationship and related projects.
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Creating a link to the Richmond Chamber of
Commerce website which will provide information
about
Zhoushan
Arts and Culture.
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Cultural exchanges facilitated by the Richmond Arts
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Potential exchanges between
Zhoushan
dance and
music troops and the East Bay Center for the
Performing Arts or other local performing arts
organizations.
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Both cities renew their commitment to facilitate
an exchange in education and language training.
We mutually agree to the following:
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The Richmond
Zhoushan
Commission will seek the
support of the West Contra Costa School Board to
assist with encouraging retired teachers from West
Contra Costa Unified School District and other
institutions to travel to
Zhoushan
to teach English as a
second language.
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To establish contacts with Contra Costa College and
the West Contra Costa Unified School District for
possible exchanges between
Zhoushan
and the City of
Richmond to develop and promote educational
exchange.
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To pursue adult education English language training
in
Zhoushan
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Zhoushan
delegation will visit Richmond educational
institutions during their future visits.
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Both cities will provide contact information for
exchange student programs in our cities and their
vicinity.
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MEDICAL SERVICES & PUBLIC HEALTH
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It is mutually agreed that both cities will continue to develop exchanges in medical services and public health, disease control, and food hygiene supervision.
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To afford
Zhoushan
the opportunity to exchange information,
Richmond will facilitate introductions to
Kaiser Richmond
Medical Center
and the Contra Costa College Nursing
Program as well as the University
of California School Of
Public Health.
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Both city governments will explore possible exchanges
between
University
of California, Berkeley and the Zhejiang Ocean
University to engage in the exchange of ideas and information.
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TOURISM
Richmond and
Zhoushan
renew their commitment to promote tourism
between our two cities to include the following initiatives:
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Provide air time on the City of Richmond television Station, KCRT with promotional information for travel and tourism in Zhoushan
.
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Create reciprocal links between the Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau and both of the
Zhoushan
Tourism
websites (English & Chinese written language)
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The Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau will distribute printed tourism-based information about
Zhoushan
, to be
provided by the
Zhoushan
Tourism Bureau
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The Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau will create a webpage Mandarin and reviewed by the
Zhoushan
Tourism
Bureau.
F.
BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Richmond and
Zhoushan
continue their commitment to identify and
pursue areas of business and economic development and agree to the following:
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P
ledge our commitment to establish business opportunities and p
rojects which will be mutually beneficial to Richmond and Zhoushan
.
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Renew and expand potential development of business and marketing plans between our ports and related
businesses focusing
on:
automobile and bulk cargo: seafood products: logistics and consulting; and other import/export opportunities.
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The ports will continue their cooperative efforts on identifying and implementing
appropriate environmental initiatives within the legal
requirements of each jurisdiction.
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Identify and pursue investment opportunities for business and development projects in each other's city.
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Examine the potential for business opportunities for member companies of each city's business organizations, and independent companies that have affiliations and/or potential business interest within the respective city
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Seek organizations and individuals with business expertise to consult or partner with the sister city initiatives for business and development projects.
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Identify where potential business partnerships can be established on an individual and business level.
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Discuss mutual efforts to institute environmental planning efforts in our current and future Port operations.
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Help create joint business ventures between the City of Richmond's Council of Industries and their member companies, and
Zhoushan's
business and industry as appropriate.
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Both cities will continue to visit each other's cities on a rotating basis when it is feasibly appropriate.
The M
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September 24, 2017
in
Zhoushan
, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Xu
Xiaoyue
Eduardo Martinez
Deputy Mayor of
Zhoushan
City
, Zhejiang
Councilmember
of City of
Richmond, CA
The People
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s Republic of China
The
United States of America
Date: September 24, 2017
Date: September 24, 2017