Ottawa, Beijing Sign Sister Cities Agreement
����Ottawa and Beijing signed a milestone agreement in Ottawa on October 19 to become the 27th pair of sister cities between China and Canada.
����At the ceremony held in Ottawa's City Hall, Jia Qinglin, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, expressed a strong hope to further cooperate with Canada in hi- tech industry and city construction.
����Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Deputy Mayor of Beijing Yue Fuhong signed the agreement on behalf of the two capital cities.
����Jia, who is also secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of the Capital Planning Commission, expressed belief that Ottawa, as a hi-tech center in Canada, and with a variety of construction masterpieces, would have broad prospects for cooperation with Beijing.
����Watson, who visited Beijing in March this year, noted that both sides need to expand cooperation for greater development.
����Under a millennium program for friendly exchanges, Beijing will invite academics in Ottawa to attend a Beijing hi-tech week, while Ottawa will help train professionals from Beijing.
����Jia arrived here Sunday night following a visit to Vancouver last Friday and is going to Montreal next Friday. (Xinhua)
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