又多一个国际新“朋友”：重庆将与伊斯坦布尔建立友好城市关系

又多一个国际新“朋友”：重庆将与伊斯坦布尔建立友好城市关系

3月27日，市四届人大常委会第三十五次会议审议了《重庆市人民政府关于提请审议重庆市与土耳其伊斯坦布尔市建立友好城市关系的议案》。29日，市四届人大常委会第三十五次会议审议通过了关于同意重庆市与土耳其伊斯坦布尔市建立友好城市关系的决定。

在市四届人大常委会第三十五次会议第一次全体会议上，市政府外事侨务办主任吴康明介绍，土耳其共和国连接欧亚两洲，是北约成员国、经济合作与发展组织创始会员国和二十国集团成员国，世界第16大经济体。近年来，中国与土耳其经贸合作稳步开展，交通、电力、冶金、电子通信成为双方的重点合作领域。

吴康明说，重庆与伊斯坦布尔市同为“一带一路”上的重要支点城市，近年来双方友好交流与合作取得积极进展。土耳其的地理位置和地缘政治战略意义重要，是我市拓展中东市场的重要目的地。重庆市与伊斯坦布尔市合作基础良好，产业互补性强，交流合作前景广阔。两市正式建立友好城市关系，将进一步推动双方在经济、贸易、航空、物流、文化、教育、旅游等领域的友好交流和互利合作，助推我市内陆开放高地建设。

据悉，土耳其第二大航空公司奥努尔航空在2016年7月14日已开通重庆到伊斯坦布尔的直飞航线，这也是奥努尔航空公司在中国的首条航线。如今，土耳其最大的城市伊斯坦布尔将和重庆建立友好城市关系，对土耳其历史人文感兴趣的市民可以通过直航赴伊斯坦布尔一探究竟。伊斯坦布尔不仅在地理上横跨两洲，而且还兼收并蓄欧、亚、非三洲各民族思想、文化、艺术之精粹，从而成为东西方思想文化的一个重要交汇点，随之遗留下许多源远流长的名胜古迹。

市政府外事侨务办主任吴康明作《重庆市人民政府关于提请审议重庆市与土耳其伊斯坦布尔市建立友好城市关系的议案》的说明。

伊斯坦布尔市位于土耳其博斯普鲁斯海峡两岸，跨欧亚大陆，是黑海门户、连接欧亚两洲的枢纽要道，战略地位重要。伊斯坦布尔市是土耳其最大的港口和工业、运输、经济、贸易、文化中心，也是古代“丝绸之路”的终点，人口约1437万，总面积6220平方公里，市区面积1539平方公里，工业、金融业、渔业、畜牧业、园艺业发达。工业门类主要有纺织、食品、电子、水泥、烟草、船舶修理等。

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Another new international“friend”: Chongqing will establish sister city relationship with Istanbul

On March 27,the f le of“On the Proposal by Chongqing Municipal People’s Government to Ask for Deliberation and Approval of the Establishment of Sister City Relationship between Chongqing and Istanbul,Turkey”has been deliberated and approved by the The First Plenary Session of the 35th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress.In this meeting,Wu Kangming,director of Chongqing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office,introduced that Republic of Turkey,connecting Europe and Asia,is the sixteenth largest economy in the world,and acts as the founding member of NA TO,and the member of OECD and G20.In recent years,China has made a stable progress in the cooperation with Turkey in the following key f elds of transportation,electric power,metallurgy,electronic communication.

Istanbul（image from Quanjing Gallery）

Mr.Wu said that Chongqing and Istanbul,the important pivotal cities in the Belt and Road Initiative,have gained positive achievements in the mutual friendly exchanges and cooperation.Turkey is advantageous in its geographical location and geopolitical strategy,which serves as an important destination for our city to expand the Middle East market.Chongqing and Istanbul have a good foundation for mutual cooperation with strong industrial complementarity and broad prospects for exchanges and cooperation.The establishment of sister city relationship between two cities will further promote the friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation in the areas of economy,trade,aviation,logistics,culture,education,tourism and so on,thus boosting the development of our inland opening-up.

Istanbul,located on the shore of the Strait of Bosporus in Turkey and across the Eurasian continent,is the gateway to the Black Sea,and the pivot of connecting Europe and Asia,possessing an important strategic position.Istanbul is the largest city and port,and the center of industry,transportation,economy,trade and culture in Turkey.Standing at the end of the ancient“Silk Road”,it has a population of about 14.37 million with a total area of 6,220 square kilometers and 1,539 square kilometers of urban areas.It is advanced in industry,f nance,f shery,animal husbandry and horticulture with a vast varieties of industrial sectors including textile,food,electronics,cement,tobacco,ship repair and so on.

It is said that the Onur Air,the Turkish second largest airline,opened a direct f ight from Chongqing to Istanbul on July 14,2016 which is the frst route opened in China by Onur Air.Istanbul not only crosses the two continents of Asia and Europe but integrates the essence of thoughts,culture and art from Europe,Asia and Africa for which it becomes the important intersection of both eastern and western thoughts and culture with numerous famous time-honored historic and cultural sites left.At present,as Istanbul,the Turkish biggest city will establish the sister city relationship with Chongqing,citizens who are interested in the Turkish history and humanity can seize the opportunity to have an exploration by taking the direct f ight.

(Resource: Chongqing News)