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1981年，成都與蒙彼利埃締結(jié)國際友好城市，彼時中國改革開放僅3年。

2020年，成都與納什維爾市締結(jié)國際友好城市，此時中國提出“一帶一路”倡議已有7年。

從1981到2021，回溯過去的40年，作為中國西部重要城市的成都完成了一次次蝶變。如今，成都已成為305家世界500強企業(yè)落戶、全國第三個擁有雙國際樞紐機場的城市。更為矚目的是，這40年里，成都的國際友好城市關(guān)系和國際友好合作關(guān)系已有150多個（數(shù)據(jù)截至2021年5月），遍布世界各地。

成都在與友城的交往中，目之所及，皆是友。

攜手? ?一起走過的那些年

2021年9月，“2021成都·歐洲文化季”啟幕。這場活動將跨越秋冬兩季，讓已身處秋涼的成都市民感受到來自歐洲國家的熱情與浪漫。

9月23日，“2021成都·歐洲文化季”走進都江堰暨意大利卓越大師系列之新生代兒童插畫大師展在都江堰仰天窩廣場拉開帷幕。這場由成都市人民政府外事辦公室、意大利駐重慶總領(lǐng)事館、意大利博洛尼亞市政府、都江堰市人民政府共同主辦的大師展吸引了眾多參觀者。

作為2022中意文化和旅游年項目，今年文化季首次攜手成都的友好合作關(guān)系城市博洛尼亞，引入意大利最具潛力的新生代插畫家的優(yōu)質(zhì)作品。他們精湛的技巧、絢麗的色彩和詩意的視角為觀眾打開一扇扇奇妙的想象之門。

文化季主賓國意大利與成都結(jié)緣已久。1999年，成都與意大利巴勒莫市結(jié)為友城。兩地雖分處亞、歐兩洲，但地理位置上的距離并不能阻隔這兩座城市的情緣。悠久的歷史、休閑的生活方式、濃厚的藝術(shù)氛圍，兩地人民因為有太多的相通之處而牽上了線。結(jié)為友城后，兩座城市的氣質(zhì)愈加融通，在藝術(shù)乃至?xí)r尚潮流上都在互相促進著。

在這場文化之旅中，除了意大利，還有德國、西班牙、波蘭、英國、法國、奧地利等國家參與，其中不乏成都的友城所在國。作為成都的老朋友，奧地利林茨市在1983年就與成都攜手成為了友城。

2018年，一場“成都旋風(fēng)”席卷奧地利，帶著成都的美食、美景和音樂，成都市人民政府在林茨主辦了“Panda成都走進奧地利”活動，為奧地利人民獻上了一場地道“成都味”的文化盛宴，令現(xiàn)場觀眾如癡如醉。

林茨在工業(yè)設(shè)計、創(chuàng)新產(chǎn)業(yè)方面的成就突出，在藝術(shù)、教育尤其是職業(yè)教育領(lǐng)域優(yōu)勢顯著。走產(chǎn)業(yè)創(chuàng)新之路，成都與林茨這對老朋友可謂不謀而合?！癙anda成都走進奧地利”活動選擇在林茨的一個創(chuàng)新園區(qū)首演，并不是巧合。正像林茨市副市長德特勒夫·維梅爾在致辭中所說：“非常驕傲成都是我們的友城，我們是情感上非常親近的城市。成都既保留了傳統(tǒng)的一面，又充滿創(chuàng)新和人情味?！?/p>

友城之間的活動豐富多彩，落地項目也開花結(jié)果。在“2018成都國際友城市長創(chuàng)新論壇”上，來自全球30個國家、43個城市和國際組織的政商界代表200余人參會。在論壇期間，烏干達坎帕拉市與成都市簽署了建立友好合作關(guān)系備忘錄，斯里蘭卡康提市與成都市簽署了深化友好合作關(guān)系備忘錄，加拿大多倫多市與成都市簽署了經(jīng)濟文化合作意向書。此外，加拿大多倫多市分別與都江堰市、彭州市，馬來西亞馬六甲州與青羊區(qū)分別簽署合作協(xié)議，金額總計20億元。

舉辦國際賽事也是成都致力于加深友城關(guān)系、升華國際化程度的重要一步。自2017年以來，成都承辦了50多項國際體育賽事和160多項中國高級別體育賽事，打造出成都馬拉松、“熊貓杯”國際青年足球錦標(biāo)賽等一批自主賽事IP，折射出近年來成都“以賽謀城”的城市發(fā)展新理念。因疫情延期的成都第31屆世界大學(xué)生夏季運動會將于2022年6月26日至7月7日舉辦。自2019年7月14日國際大學(xué)生體育聯(lián)合會主席奧列格·馬迪欽在意大利那不勒斯將國際大體聯(lián)會旗移交給成都起，成都就正式進入了“大運時間”。在兩年多的時間里，成都以舉辦大運會為重要契機，堅持“謀賽就是謀城”，世界賽事名城面貌煥然一新。

發(fā)展? 開放合作結(jié)碩果

2021年4月的成都已是春花爛漫，一片欣欣向榮的景象。一場名為“2021成都國際友城市長視頻交流會”的活動徐徐展開，來自5大洲23個國家的28個成都國際友城（含友好合作關(guān)系城市和友好交流城市）齊聚“云端”，圍繞“同舟共濟共創(chuàng)幸福美好生活”的主題，進行了熱烈討論。

成都市人民政府外事辦公室相關(guān)負責(zé)人介紹，這場會議見證了成都的鐵桿朋友遍天下，也進一步提升了成都的國際影響力和全球美譽度。

特殊時期，吸引眾多國際友城參與成都開放合作，結(jié)出累累碩果。韓國大邱市市長權(quán)泳臻對此深有感觸，“感謝成都市在新冠肺炎疫情全球蔓延的背景下提供的這次機會，讓大家能夠同時就多個主題進行交流溝通”。據(jù)悉，受新冠肺炎疫情影響，從大邱飛往世界9個國家的26條航線全面停滯，權(quán)泳臻希望國際社會能夠共同克服挑戰(zhàn)，早日恢復(fù)面對面交流。奧地利維也納州議會議長恩斯特·沃勒說：“我曾兩次到訪成都，其中一次是參加在成都舉行的公園城市論壇，分享維也納綠色環(huán)境、綠色政策等經(jīng)驗?！彼硎竞軜s幸以視頻會議的方式再次與成都相會。

2019年10月，另一場重磅會議在成都舉行。以“開放合作·互利共贏”為主題的2019“一帶一路”四川國際友城合作與發(fā)展論壇云集了來自全球5大洲32個國家43個友好省（州）的300余位外國嘉賓。

此次會議期間，國際友城省州長論壇、能源與基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、科技與創(chuàng)新、“三農(nóng)”、貿(mào)易與物流、文化與旅游5個專項分論壇，以及圖片展、中醫(yī)藥展示和體驗等系列活動同步進行。論壇還發(fā)布了“一帶一路”國家（地區(qū)）能源與基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施合作的四川倡議、“國際友城文化和旅游聯(lián)盟”倡議書。

自2016年起， 成都市人民政府外事辦公室充分整合友城資源，搭建國際交流平臺，積極服務(wù)成都市經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展和對外開放工作，連續(xù)四年承辦“成都國際友城市長創(chuàng)新論壇”。

從“面對面”到“云交流”，成都創(chuàng)新對外交流方式，不僅為國際友城了解常態(tài)化疫情防控下的成都打開了一扇窗口，也為國際友城同舟共濟、凝聚共識、攜手發(fā)展提供了新的契機。

未來? 努力繪制美好明天

成都，一座以“休閑”“安逸”聞名世界的城市，已躋身中國新一線城市之列。

2020年6月，一套成系列的《國際大都市規(guī)劃建設(shè)研究年度報告（2019年）》出爐。在超過50萬字的報告中，成都以四大“頭部城市”倫敦、紐約、東京、上海為研究對象，將以5～10年的時間持續(xù)研究四大頭部城市，并予以相關(guān)借鑒和學(xué)習(xí)。

成都的國際化步伐早有顯現(xiàn)。2017年，《成都市城市總體規(guī)劃（2016—2035年）》提出的 “三步走”戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo)，明確提出建設(shè)國家中心城市、美麗宜居公園城市、國際門戶樞紐城市、世界文化名城，邁向可持續(xù)發(fā)展的世界城市。

2018年2月出版的《國際城市藍皮書：國際城市發(fā)展報告（2018）》中，成都入列第二梯隊世界城市。藍皮書還特別評價說，“成都的崛起尤為突出”。

2020年8月，權(quán)威的世界城市評級機構(gòu)GaWC發(fā)布了《世界城市名冊2020》，成都的世界城市排名已躍升至59位。

高新區(qū)是成都最快進入國際化的區(qū)域之一，這里容納了130家世界500強企業(yè)和眾多“蓉漂”歸國人才以及外籍人士。在《成都高新技術(shù)產(chǎn)業(yè)開發(fā)區(qū)國際化指數(shù)（2021）》報告中，已明確成都高新區(qū)2020年指數(shù)較2018年提升了33%，國際化水平全面提升，國際化指數(shù)持續(xù)增長。

在對外貿(mào)易方面，成都高新綜合保稅區(qū)的成績十分亮眼。2020年，成都高新綜合保稅區(qū)以5491.7億元的進出口規(guī)模，連續(xù)33個月位列全國綜合保稅區(qū)第一，同比增長26.8%。僅用4.68平方公里的規(guī)劃面積，實現(xiàn)了四川省60%外貿(mào)總值的業(yè)績。

憑借成都中歐班列的助力，“成都高新造”電腦、智能電視等產(chǎn)品搭上中歐班列，較海運縮短了大量時間。2020年，成都高新區(qū)生產(chǎn)的蘋果平板電腦占全球的60%，成都高新區(qū)與全球密切聯(lián)系在一起。

“國際化指數(shù)是結(jié)合數(shù)據(jù)分析，在縱向觀測、橫向?qū)?biāo)分析的基礎(chǔ)上，對成都高新區(qū)現(xiàn)階段國際化發(fā)展水平形成科學(xué)、客觀的認識?！敝锌圃簯?zhàn)略科技咨詢院副研究員、中國高新區(qū)研究中心主任劉會武介紹。

經(jīng)過多年發(fā)展，在“一帶一路”倡議推動下，成都開放合作的國際化環(huán)境吸引了越來越多的國際友城。從蒙彼利埃學(xué)校到具有法式風(fēng)情的白鹿鎮(zhèn)，從舉辦國際知名賽事到從友城簽約、會議活動到項目落地，整個成都國際化的畫卷早已鋪開?！冻啥际袊H化社區(qū)建設(shè)規(guī)劃（2018-2022年）》和《成都市國際化社區(qū)建設(shè)政策措施》明確，到2022年底，全市22個區(qū)（市）縣實現(xiàn)國際化社區(qū)“全覆蓋”。包括建成國際學(xué)校6個，涉外醫(yī)療機構(gòu)達到20家，出入境服務(wù)站達10個，外籍人士之家22個。

如今的成都，歷經(jīng)40多年對外開放，攜手40多年的友城交往，已經(jīng)在國際化道路上愈加純熟。未來，開放合作仍是大勢，成都也將繼續(xù)向前！

In 1981， Chengdu formally established its international sister cities relations with Montpellier， just three years after China’s reform and opening-up.

In 2020， Chengdu became an international sister city with Nashville， seven years after China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative to the world.

Looking back over the past 40 years， Chengdu， as an important city in western China， has gone through many major changes. Now， it has become the third city in China with twin international airports and attracted 305 of the Fortune 500 enterprises. More remarkably， Chengdu has established friendly relations with over 150 cities （as of May 2021） from all over the world.

Working together over the years

In September， the 2021 Chengdu · Europe Culture Season kicked off. This event will last from autumn to winter， making local residents feel the passion， warmth and romance from European countries.

On September 23， the 2021 Chengdu · Europe Culture Season in Dujiangyan and New-generation Children’s Illustrators Exhibition of Italian Outstanding Master Series opened the curtain at Yangtianwo Square， Dujiangyan. A large audience visited the exhibition， co-sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal People’s Government， the Consulate General of Italy in Chongqing， Bologna City Council of Italy and Dujiangyan Municipal People’s Government.

As a part of the China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism slated for 2022， this year’s culture season， together with Bologna， Chengdu’s partner city for the first time， presented excellent works from the most promising new generation of Italian illustrators. Their virtuoso techniques， brilliant colors and poetic perspectives open doors of wonder to our imagination.

Italy， the guest of honor of the culture season， has long been a close friend of Chengdu. In 1999， Chengdu and Palermo， Italy， established sister relationship. Although the two cities are located in Asia and Europe respectively， the geographical distance does not prevent their friendship. They have many similarities： long history， leisure lifestyle， and strong artistic atmosphere. As sister cities， Chengdu and Palermo are promoting each other in culture， art and even fashion trends.

In addition， Germany， Spain， Poland， Britain， France， Austria and other countries are also participating in the culture season， of which some are where Chengdu’s sister cities are located. In 1983， Chengdu became a sister city with Linz， Austria.

In 2018， the event “Panda Chengdu in Austria”， sponsored by Chengdu Municipal People’s Government， offered a cultural feast of Chengdu’s delicacies， sceneries and music for the Austrian people.

Linz has made outstanding achievements in industrial design and innovative industries， and boasts great advantages in the fields of art and education， especially vocational education. In pursuing the path of industrial innovation， Chengdu and Linz happen to see eye to eye. The event made its debut in an innovation park of Linz. As Detlef Wimmer， Deputy Mayor of Linz， said in his speech， “We are very proud that Chengdu is our sister city and we are very close to each other. Chengdu retains its traditional side while being innovative and humane.”

Sister cities stage colorful events， and the implemented projects are also bearing fruit. The 2018 Innovation Forum for Mayors of International Sister Cities of Chengdu was attended by more than 200 government and business representatives from 43 provinces and cities of 30 countries and international organizations. During the forum， Kampala of Uganda signed a memorandum on establishing friendly cooperation with Chengdu， Kandy of Sri Lanka signed a memorandum on deepening friendly cooperation with Chengdu， and Toronto of Canada signed a letter of intent on economic and cultural cooperation with Chengdu. In addition， cooperation agreements， with a combined amount of 2 billion yuan， signed between Malacca State of in Malaysia and Qingyang District， as well as between Toronto of Canada and Dujiangyan City and Pengzhou City respectively.

Holding international competitions is also an important step for Chengdu to deepen friendly relationship with its sister cities and enhance its internationalization. Since 2017， Chengdu has hosted over 50 international sports events and more than 160 Chinese high-level sports events， and created a number of events with independent IP rights， such as Chengdu Marathon and Panda Cup International Youth Football Tournament， reflecting Chengdu’s new concept of urban development based on events in recent years. Due to the pandemic， Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games （2021 FISU WUG） was postponed to June 26， 2022. Since Oleg Matytsin， President of the International University Sports Federation （FISU） handed over the flag of the FISU to Chengdu in Naples， Italy on July 14， 2019， the city has officially started to prepare for the games. In more than a year， Chengdu has taken the 2021 FISU WUG as a great opportunity， and adhered to the principle of “planning for the games to boost the development of the city”. As a result， the famous city of the world competitions has taken on a new look.

Achieving fruitful results of openness and cooperation

In April 2021， the 2021 Chengdu Sister Cities Mayors Online Conference was held with a heated discussion around the theme of “Stand United to Create a Better City”.

The event attracted a total of 28 international sister cities （including friendly cooperation cities and friendly exchange cities） of Chengdu from 23 countries on five continents， namely Asia， Europe， America， Africa and Oceania， which has witnessed Chengdu’s hardcore friends all over the world， and further enhanced its international influence and reputation， according to an official from the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal People’s Government.

The fact that Chengdu attracted many international sister cities to participate in this special period is the fruit of opening up and cooperation over the past years. Kwon Young-jin， Mayor of Daegu， South Korea， said， “I would like to thank Chengdu for providing this opportunity to exchange views on multiple topics at the same time against the backdrop of COVID-19.” As 26 flights from Daegu to nine countries have been halted due to the pandemic， Kwon hoped that the international community could overcome the challenges and resume face-to-face exchanges at an early date. “I have visited Chengdu twice， one of which was to share Vienna’s experience in green environment and green policies at the Chengdu Park City Forum，” said Ernst Woller， President of the Vienna State Parliament， Austria. He said it was a great honor to meet Chengdu again via video link.

In October 2019， another important conference was held in Chengdu. Themed “International Friendship Cities Gather in Sichuan for Win-win Cooperation”， the 2019 Belt and Road Forum for Cooperation and Development of Sichuan International Friendship Cities was attended by more than 300 foreign guests from 43 sister provinces （states） in 32 countries on five continents.

During the event， the International Friendship Cities Governors Forum， five special sub-forums on energy and infrastructure， sci-tech and innovation， agriculture， rural areas and farmers， trade and logistics， culture and tourism， as well as a series of activities， such as photo exhibition， and traditional Chinese medicine exhibition and experience， were held simultaneously. The Forum also released the Sichuan Initiative on energy and infrastructure cooperation among Belt and Road countries （regions） and the proposal of the Culture and Tourism Alliance of International Friendship Cities.

Since 2016， the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal People’s Government has fully integrated the resources of sister cities， built an international exchange platform， actively served the economic and social development and opening-up of Chengdu， and organized the Innovation Forum for Mayors of International Sister Cities of Chengdu for four consecutive years.

Chengdu has innovated the way of foreign communication from offline to online， which has not only opened a window for its international sister cities to learn about Chengdu under the normal epidemic prevention and control， but also provided a new opportunity for them to work together in times of difficulties， build consensus and join hands for development.

Striving for a better future

Chengdu， a world-renowned city for leisure and comfort， has become one of the first-tier cities in China.

In June 2020， Chengdu released the Annual Research Report on Planning and Construction of International Metropolises （2019）， which， with more than 500，000 characters， studied the top four cities — London， New York， Tokyo and Shanghai. Chengdu will continue to study them in 5-10 years， and draw lessons from them.

As early as in 2017， Chengdu has envisaged internalization. In 2017， the three-step strategic goal of the Overall Plan on Chengdu City （2016-2035） clearly proposed to build a national central city， a beautiful and livable park city， an international gateway hub city， and a world famous cultural city， so as to move towards a world city of sustainable development.

In the Blue Book of World Cities： Annual Report on World Cities （2018） published in February 2018， Chengdu was listed as one of the second-tier world cities. In particular， the blue book said， “The rise of Chengdu stands out.”

In August 2020， the Globalization and World Cities （GaWC） Research Network， the world’s most authoritative ranking report on world cities， released The World According to GaWC 2020， in which Chengdu has jumped to 59th place in the world.

Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone （CDHT） is the area that moves fastest in Chengdu towards internationalization， where 130 Fortune 500 enterprises and many returnees and foreigners are attracted. According to the report titled Internationalization Index of Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone （2021）， the index of the Zone in 2020 has increased by 33% compared with that in 2018. The internationalization level has been comprehensively improved and the internationalization index has continued to grow.

In terms of foreign trade， Chengdu Hi-tech Comprehensive Bonded Zone has achieved outstanding results. In 2020， the import and export volume of the Zone reached 549.17 billion yuan， ranking first in China’s comprehensive bonded zones for 33 consecutive months， with a year-on-year growth of 26.8%; with a planned area of 4.68 square kilometers， the Zone has achieved 60% of Sichuan’s total foreign trade value.

China-Europe Railway Express （Chengdu） loaded with computers， smart TVS and other products “made in CDHT” shortens a lot of time compared with sea transportation. In 2020， 60% of the world’s iPad was produced in CDHT， which is closely linked to the world.

“Internationalization index is to analyze data and form a scientific and objective understanding of the international development level of Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone at the present stage based on historical observation and comparative benchmarking analysis，” said Liu Huiwu， Director of Chinese Hi-tech Zone Research Center， Institutes of Science and Development， Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After years of development， driven by the Belt and Road Initiative， Chengdu’s international environment of openness and cooperation has attracted more and more international sister cities. Chengdu Montpelier Primary School， Bailu French-style Music Town， the Alpine Ski Resort on Longmen Mountains， Thai fruit market...Chengdu has long started to depict the whole internationalized picture， including agreement signing ceremonies with sister cities， conferences and events and implementing various projects. According to the Plan of Chengdu for Development of International Communities （2018-2022） and the Policies and Measures of Chengdu on Development of International Communities， 22 districts （cities） and counties of the city will achieve “full coverage” of international communities by the end of 2022. Efforts will be made to complete the construction of six international schools， 20 foreign-related medical institutions， 10 entry-exit service stations and 22 foreigners’ homes.

After 40 years of opening up to the outside world and exchanges with sister cities， Chengdu has become more sophisticated on the road of internationalization. It will continue to move forward in the trend of openness and cooperation.