Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas emphasized the importance of maintaining links to China after recently announcing trade missions were being planned between the city and Quanzhou, in China’s Fujian province.
“It is very important that they also learn about Iloilo, especially because China is a very big market for tourism,” the mayor explained.
He noted, plans are in the works for a city delegation to visit the Chinese city to sign a “sisterhood agreement.”
Earlier this week, a delegation from Quanzhou was in the city to sign a memorandum for a student exchange program.
“Promoting the sustainable development of friendship, both sides decided to make youth exchange a regular program under the support of governments or councils,” the agreement stated./WDJ