Taipei Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-hua (林奕華), who led a delegation to Shanghai yesterday for a bilateral city-level summit, said ahead of her departure that the two sides would exchange experience in urban governance.
Speaking to reporters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Lin said she hoped the 16th edition of the Taipei-Shanghai City Summit would continue to foster mutual learning between the two cities.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) is only planning to attend the summit on its second and final day today.
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He was staying in Taipei yesterday to ensure that appropriate security measures were in place for large-scale New Year’s Eve events in the wake of a mass stabbing on Friday last week that left four people dead, including the attacker, according to the city.
Lin said two memoranda of understanding related to water management and skills training exchanges would be signed during the summit, and forums on health technology, senior citizen health, and the concert economy would offer opportunities to exchange ideas.
The delegation consists of 120 people, including the Taipei City Council speaker and 10 other councilors, as well as various city government officials, academics and experts, she said.
According to the Taipei City Government, the delegation would visit several sites in Shanghai, including the Mercedes-Benz Arena, a simulation laboratory at Zhongshan Hospital, and the Gate M West Bund Dream Center, a vibrant cultural and lifestyle hub.
The Shanghai side was to host a dinner reception on the first day of the summit. The delegation would return to Taiwan this evening after meeting with representatives of various Taiwanese businesses in the Chinese city.
The annual Taipei-Shanghai City Summit is the only platform for direct exchanges between officials on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Last year’s event was held in Taipei, also in December.
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