International Circle of Friends Further Expanded Memorandum of Cooperation Signed at the 52nd Event

On the afternoon of April 28, the thematic event of 2022 "Sister City Cooperation for a Shared Future" Qingdao - Orsha Economic and Trade Promotion was held both online and offline. This is the 52nd event themed "Sister City Cooperation for a Shared Future". SCODA and Vitebsk Free Economic Area of Belarus signed a memorandum of economic and trade cooperation during the event.

This event was hosted by the Qingdao Municipal Government, Orsha Municipal Government and Belarus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and organized by the Administrative Committee of SCODA. Liu Jianjun, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qingdao Committee and the Vice Mayor of Qingdao, Li Gang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and the Executive Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of SCODA, Zhang Dong, Member of the Party Working Committee and the Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of SCODA, Ding Anhui, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of Qingdao Municipal People's Government, Paz Sergei Nikolayevich, First Vice Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee of Orsha Region Government, and Pusselko Yuri Valyevich, Deputy Director of Vitebsk Free Economic Area attended. Eighteen companies from areas of manufacturing, international trade, Internet and pharmaceutical participated offline.

Liu Jianjun hoped that Qingdao and Orsha Region could take this opportunity to further enhance communication and exchanges, continuously improve the cooperation mechanism, and join hands to open up a new chapter of economic and trade cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between the two sister cities.

Li Gang said that SCODA was dedicated to strengthening the local economy and trade cooperation with Belarus. He also welcomed friends to visit Qingdao and SCODA to share development opportunities and create a better future.

During the event, SCODA and Vitebsk Free Economic Area signed a memorandum of economic and trade cooperation, according to which the two sides would step up the cooperation in trade in goods and investment and improve the investment opportunities in Vitebsk Free Economic Area and Qingdao.