中国国际友好城市联合会

中国国际友好城市联合会

中国人民对外友好协会办公大楼。

定位

中国国际友好城市联合会成立于1992年，由中国人民对外友好协会发起，是中华人民共和国具有独立法人资格的全国性非营利社会团体。

宗旨

作为中国人民对外友好协会的姐妹组织，本会竭诚为会员提供服务，我们的宗旨是发展国际友城、推动务实合作、奉行和平外交、服务地方发展。

成员

凡是建立了友城关系的地方都是我们的会员。目前会员包括中国全部31个省、自治区和直辖市，以及近500个主要城市（不包括台湾省和香港、澳门特别行政区）。随着友城关系的不断建立，我们的会员将会不断扩充。

特色

本会致力于服务中外地方政府在平等、互利、自愿基础上建立友好城市关系；组织地方政府代表团参与国际交流，建立中外城市、国际组织交流平台和机制，举办专题论坛、展览演出等活动。

成果

中国自1973年开展友好城市活动以来，对外结好工作取得不断进展。多年来，中国国际友好城市联合会与世界各城市在多个领域开展了富有成效的合作与交流。本会在推动中外友城发展的同时，努力发展同各国友好城市组织和有关国际机构的友好合作关系。我们的合作伙伴遍及亚洲、欧洲、非洲、美洲和大洋洲，并与多个国家、地方政府组织开展务实合作。

中国国际友好城市联合会致力于搭建中外地方政府合作的桥梁。

（全国友协供图）

Introduction

China International Friendship Cities Association (CIFCA) was set up in 1992 under the sponsorship of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC). It is a non-profi t national civil organization of the People's Republic of China with the status of a legal entity.

Mission

CIFCA, a sister organization of CPAFFC, makes efforts to provide services to its members. The mission of CIFCA is to develop international friendship-city/province relations, promote practical cooperation, implement foreign policy of peace and serve regional and local development.

Membership

Provinces & cities which have established friendship-city/ province relations with their foreign counterparts become members of CIFCA. Up to now, nearly 500 Chinese cities and all 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government (not including Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions) have joined CIFCA. And the number is increasing as more and more friendship-city/province relations forged in China.

Functions

CIFCA works to provide guidance for the establishment of friendship-city/province relations between Chinese regional and local governments and their foreign counterparts on a voluntary basis of equality and mutual benefi t; and carry out international cooperation by dispatching regional and local government delegations, establishing exchange platforms and mechanisms for Chinese and foreign cities and international organizations, hosting forums and sponsoring performances and exhibitions.

Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries’ Peace Palace. Image from: Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)

Achievements

Ever since 1973 when China launched the friendship-city/ province activities, remarkable progress has been made in the development of friendship-city/province relations. Over the past several decades, CIFCA has carried out fruitful exchanges and cooperation in various fields with its international counterparts. While advancing the development of friendship-city/province relations, CIFCA works hard to develop relationship of friendly cooperation with friendship-city/province associations and international organizations. Up to now, CIFCA has established cooperative partnership with its counterparts in Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Oceania, and carried out pragmatic cooperation with various countries, regional and international organizations.

CIFCA serves as a bridge for regional and local government cooperation between China and other countries.

China International Friendship Cities Association