Mayor Bob Parker has presented a gift of a large stone of Pounamu mounted on a block of totara wood to Christchurch’s Friendship City of Wuhan, China. Mayor Parker presented the Pounamu to Wuhan’s Mayor Mr Chengfa Ruan at a ceremonial function for the Christchurch delegation to China and Wuhan Government officials, in Wuhan on Monday, 21 April.
Wuhan is China’s fourth largest city and home to 8.9 million people. It is on the banks of the Yangtze River and is an important industrial base in China, both in hi-tech and traditional manufacturing. It is also China’s Optic Valley, named after America’s Silicon Valley.
Keep up with the Mayor's travels in our sister city Gansu, the home of Rewi Alley, and a friendship city relationship with Wuhan.
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