List of twin towns and sister cities in China

Map of China.

This is a list of places in the People's Republic of China having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Contents :

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• Q
• S
• T
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• References

A

Anshan (鞍山)

Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan, 1983 Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1983[1] Bursa, Turkey, 1991[2]

Clermont-Ferrand, France[3] Lipetsk, Russia, 1992 Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 1996

Ansan, South Korea, 1997 Holon, Israel, 2000

B

Beihai (北海)

Gold Coast, Australia (1997)^[4]

Beijing (北京)

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Tokyo, Japan (1979) Belgrade, Serbia (1980) New York City, United States (1980)[6] Lima, Peru (1983) Washington D.C., United States (1984)[7] Madrid, Spain (1985) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1986) Île-de-France (Paris), France (1987) Köln, Germany (1987) Ankara, Turkey (1990) Cairo, Egypt (1990) Islamabad, Pakistan (1992) Jakarta, Indonesia (1992) Bangkok, Thailand (1993) Buenos Aires, Argentina (1993) Kiev, Ukraine (1993) Seoul, South Korea (1993)

Amsterdam, Netherlands (1994) Berlin, Germany (1994) Brussels, Belgium (1994) Hanoi, Vietnam (1994) Moscow, Russia (1995) Paris, France (1997) Gauteng, South Africa (1998) Rome, Italy (1998) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1999) São Paulo, Brazil (1999)[8] Canberra, Australia (2000)[9] Riga, Latvia (2004)[10] Athens, Greece (2005) Bucharest, Romania (2005) Budapest, Hungary (2005) Havana, Cuba (2005)

Manila, Philippines (2005)[11] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2006) Astana, Kazakhstan (2006) Helsinki, Finland (2006) London, United Kingdom (2006) Tel Aviv, Israel (2006) Wellington, New Zealand (2006)[12] Lisbon, Portugal (2007) Tirana, Albania (2008)[13] Doha, Qatar (2008) Santiago, Chile (2007) Mexico City, Mexico (2009) San Jose, Costa Rica (2009) Dublin, Ireland (2011)[14] Copenhagen, Denmark (2012) New Delhi, India(2013)[15] Prague, Czech Republic (2016)

Changping District (昌平区) Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Daxing District (大兴区) Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea

C

Changchun (长春)

Prachinburi, Thailand (2011)[16] Birmingham, United Kingdom (1983)[16] Chongjin, North Korea (2002)[16] Little Rock, Arkansas, United States (1994)[16] Masterton, New Zealand (1995)[12][16] Minsk, Belarus (1992)[16][17] Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France (2008)[16]

Mora, Sweden (2005)[16] Novi Sad, Serbia (1981)[16] Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2010)[16] Sendai, Miyagi, Japan (1980)[16] Székesfehérvár, Hungary (2010)[18] Tijuana, Mexico (2013)[16]

Ulan-Ude, Russia (2000)[16] Ulsan, South Korea (1994)[16] Warrnambool, Australia (2012)[16][19] Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1992)[16] Wolfsburg, Germany (2006)[16] Žilina, Slovakia (1992)[16][20]

Changsha (长沙)

Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea (October 19, 1998) Kagoshima, Kyushu Island, Japan (October 30, 1982) Bukit Timah, Central Region, Singapore (April 10, 1994) City of Auburn, New South Wales, Australia (March 20, 2006)

Fribourg, Sarine District, Switzerland (June 10, 1994) Mons, Hainaut Province, Belgium (May 14, 1998) San Francisco, California, United States (June 26, 2014) Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (May 9, 1988)

Annapolis, Maryland, United States (October 25, 2008) Entebbe, Wakiso District, Uganda (April 14, 2003) Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (August 9, 1982) Francisco Beltrão, Paraná State, Brazil (October 25, 2000)

Changxing (长兴县)

Kalmar County, Sweden Chengdu (成都) Montpellier, France (22 June 1981) Linz, Austria (6 July 1983) Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan (27 September 1984) Phoenix, United States (13 May 1987)[21] Winnipeg, Canada (25 February 1988) Palermo, Italy (3 December 1999) Gimcheon, South Korea (7 November 2000) Medan, Indonesia (17 December 2002) Dalarna, Sweden (27 April 2004) Sheffield, United Kingdom (23 March 2010) Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium (27 May 2011) Volgograd, Russia (27 May 2011) Maastricht, Netherlands (13 September 2012) Bengaluru, India (23 October 2013)[15] Perth, Western Australia, Australia[22] (24 November 2010) Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Baku, Azerbaijan Saint Petersburg, Russia Valencia, Spain Chenzhou (郴州) Laredo, United States (7 May 2001)[23] Chongqing (重庆) Incheon, South Korea Busan, South Korea Hiroshima, Japan (1986) Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran City of Brisbane, Australia (October 2005)[24] Voronezh, Russia Vladimir, Russia Zaporizhia, Ukraine Trikala, Thessaly Region, Greece Sør-Trøndelag, Norway Düsseldorf, Germany Toulouse, France Leicester, United Kingdom Mombasa, Kenya Gaborone, Botswana Edmonton, Canada Guelph, Canada Toronto, Canada (Partnership City) Waterloo (Twin City) New York City, United States [25] Vacaville, United States Seattle, United States (14 June 1982)[26] Detroit, Michigan, United States Córdoba, Argentina Chennai, India (15 May 2015)[27] Cixi (慈溪市) Bakersfield, California, United States (13 April 1996)[28] Rosh HaAyin, Israel D Dalian (大连) Szczecin, Poland Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Kitakyūshū, Japan Le Havre, France Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Ohrid, Macedonia Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany Incheon, South Korea Oakland, California, USA Houston, Texas, USA Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Maizuru, Japan Vladivostok, Russia Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo Bahía Blanca, Argentina Enschede, Netherlands Dandong (丹东) Wilmington, United States (16 April 1987)[29] Dongxihu (东西湖) Vierzon, France Dunhuang (敦煌) Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India (15 May 2015)[27] E Ezhou (鄂州) Sanjō, Japan F Fushun (抚顺) Domestic Changsha, Hunan Nantong, Jiangsu International Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (June 2007) Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan (April 1982) Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (April 1982) Lipa Batangas Province, Philippines (April 1995) Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland (1994) Alanya, Antalya Province, Turkey Arad, Crisanal Region, Romania (July 1994) Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (August 1988) Foster City, California, United States (November 1995) Fuxin (阜新) Gary, United States Fuzhou (福州) Naha, Okinawa, Japan (June 1981) Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan (October 1980) Guangyang, Jeollanam-do, South Korea (September 2009) Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia (October 2003) Koszalin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (May 2007) Tacoma, Washington, United States (November 1994) Syracuse, New York, United States (August 1991) Mombasa, Kenya (May 2008) Georgetown, Guyana (May 2006) Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil (November 1996) Foshan (佛山市) Port Louis, Mauritius G Gansu (甘肃) Christchurch, New Zealand[12] (1984) Nouakchott, Mauritania Ganzhou (赣州) McAllen, United States Guangzhou (广州) Country City Geographical location Date Japan Fukuoka Fukuoka May 2, 1979 United States Los Angeles California December 8, 1981 Philippines Manila Metro Manila November 5, 1982 Canada Vancouver British Columbia March 27, 1985[30] Australia Sydney[31] New South Wales May 12, 1986 Italy Bari Bari November 12, 1986 France Lyon Rhône January 19, 1988 Germany Frankfurt Hessen April 11, 1988 New Zealand Auckland[12] Auckland February 17, 1989 South Korea Gwangju Metropolitan city October 25, 1996[32] Sweden Linköping Östergötland November 24, 1997 South Africa Durban KwaZulu-Natal July 17, 2000 United Kingdom Bristol England May 23, 2001 Russia Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk July 10, 2002 Peru Arequipa Arequipa October 27, 2004 Czech Republic Prague Prague 2010[33] Indonesia Surabaya East Java December 21, 2005 Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius October 12, 2006 United Kingdom Birmingham England December 4, 2006 Sri Lanka Hambantota Hambantota February 27, 2007 Brazil Recife Pernambuco October 22, 2007 Finland Tampere Pirkanmaa December 2, 2008 Thailand Bangkok Bangkok November 13, 2009[34] The Netherlands Rotterdam South-Holland November 18, 2010 Argentina Buenos Aires April 16, 2012 United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai April 18, 2012 Kuwait Kuwait City April 25, 2012 Russia Kazan Tatarstan July 6, 2012 Malaysia Petaling Jaya Selangor August 24, 2012[35][36] India Ahmedabad Gujarat September 2014[37] Guangxi (广西) Newport, United Kingdom (1996) Iloilo City, Philippines Guigang (贵港) Wanneroo, Australia Guilin (桂林) Domestic Taizhou, Zhejiang (January 20, 2005) Mianyang, Sichuan (September 25, 2005) Hengyang, Hunan (March 23, 2009) Kaifeng, Henan (October 26, 2014) International Jeju, Jeju-do, South Korea (August 30, 2006) Kumamoto, Kyushu Island, Japan (October 1, 1979) Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (August 29, 2010) Muratpaşa, Antalya Province, Turkey (October 23, 2013) Hastings, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand[12] (March 4, 1981) Orlando, Florida, United States (May 14, 1986) Guiyang (贵阳) Eniwa, Hokkaidō, Japan (1986) Palmerston North, New Zealand[12] (August, 1992) Fort Worth, Texas, United States (October, 2011) County Meath, Ireland (October, 2014) H Haidian (海淀) Cambridge, United States (2005; inactive)[38][39] Hangzhou (杭州) Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, South Korea (November 1, 1994) Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (October 16, 2009) Fukui, Honshu, Japan (November 23, 1989) Gifu, Honshu, Japan (February 21, 1979) Baguio, Luzon Island, Philippines (August 13, 1982) Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (October 16, 2003) Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland (October 13, 2011) Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem District, Israel (March 12, 2000) Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji (October 15, 2010) Budapest, Hungary (August 9, 1999) Dresden, Saxony, Germany (October 16, 2009) Leeds, England, United Kingdom (June 8, 1988) Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (March 30, 1998) Pisa, Tuscany, Italy (October 17, 2008) Oviedo, Asturias, Spain (May 12, 2006) Agadir, Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco (June 29, 2000) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (April 18, 2005) Boston, Massachusetts, United States (May 1, 1982) Montego Bay, Cornwall County, Jamaica (October 15, 2010) Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico (October 17, 2008) Paramaribo, Suriname (May 23, 1998) Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil (September 19, 2001) Harbin (哈尔滨) Niigata, Japan, since 1979 Aarhus, Denmark, since 1984[40] Edmonton, Canada, since 1985 Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, since 1991 Minneapolis, US (18 September 1992)[41] Chiang Mai, Thailand, since April 29, 2008[42] Ekhuruleni, South Africa Warsaw, Poland, since 1993[43] Daugavpils, Latvia Khabarovsk, Russia Ploieşti, Romania Asahikawa, Japan, since 1995 Bucheon, South Korea Salvador, Brazil Giv'atayim, Israel Griffith, Australia[44] South Taranaki District, New Zealand[45] Krasnodar, Russia Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, since 2007 Rovaniemi, Finland Magdeburg, Germany, since 2008[46] Krasnoyarsk, Russia, since 2008 Wiener Neustadt, Austria Yakutsk, Russia, since 2008[47] Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK (2009)[48][49] Fairfax County, Virginia, US (2010)[50] Chelyabinsk, Russia (2012) Turin, Italy (partnership agreement)[51] Murmansk, Russia (2015)[52] Domestic Chengdu, Sichuan Dalian, Liaoning Guangzhou, Guangdong Hangzhou, Zhejiang Wenzhou, Zhejiang Xiamen, Fujian Xining, Qinghai Nanjing, Jiangsu Hainan (海南) Jeju, South Korea Perth, United Kingdom Hefei (合肥) Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea (20 June 2002) Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (May 12, 1980) Aalborg, Region Nordjylland, Denmark (22 April 1989) Lleida, Catalonia, Spain (4 April 1998) Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (13 June 2005) Columbus, Ohio, United States (17 November 1988) Freetown, Sierra Leone (20 March 1984) Bujumbura, Burundi (July 4, 1986) Huainan (淮南) Rousse, Bulgaria (1994) J Jiangmen (江门) Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia[53] Riverside, United States Jiaohe (蛟河) Folsom, United States Jiaxing (嘉兴) Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway signed a friendship agreement in May 2001. The agreement establishes exchange and cooperation in many fields, especially in those of education and environmental protection and technology, the latter focusing on improving conditions of both water, soil, and air. Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Educational and economic links established between the respective cities and their regions since 2006. Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea Quincy, Illinois, United States[54] Bloomington, Indiana, United States Rockville, Maryland, United States Bunbury, Australia[55] Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. since 2009. Jilin City (吉林市) Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai, Russia Yamagata, Honshu, Japan Volgograd, Russia Spokane, Washington, United States Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Jinan (济南) Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (June 16, 1993) Yamaguchi City, Honshu, Japan (March 22, 1985) Wakayama, Honshu, Japan (April 20, 1982) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (February 29, 1988) Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia (September 4, 2004)[56] Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (September 22, 1994) Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland (December 22, 2000) Vitebsk, Beralus (August 17, 2009) Kharkiv, Ukraine (July 31, 2006) Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey (September 19, 2011) Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria (January 21, 2013) Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany (January 29, 2004) Kfar Saba, Israel (July 16, 2007) Coventry, England, United Kingdom (May 5, 1983) Rennes, Brittany Region, France (March 24, 2000) Sacramento, California, United States (October 2, 1984) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (January 29, 1985) Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde (April 9, 2009) Porto Velho, State of Rondônia, Brazil (September 19, 2011) Jingdezhen (景德镇) Door County, United States Seto, Japan Jiujiang (九江) Louisville, United States Kajaani, Finland K Kaiping (開平) Mesa, United States Kunming (昆明) Fujisawa, Japan (5 November 1981)[57] Zürich, Switzerland[58] (17 February 1982) Nairobi, Kenya[58] Chefchaouen, Morocco[58] Denver, United States (14 May 1985)[59][60] Wagga Wagga, Australia (20 August 1988)[61] Cochabamba, Bolivia[58] (25 September 1997) Chiang Mai, Thailand (7 June 1999)[42] Mandalay, Myanmar[58] (10 May 2001) New Plymouth, New Zealand,[12] (11 August 2003)[62] Chittagong, Bangladesh[58] (18 August 2005) Jyväskylä, Finland[58] (18 September 2008) Yangon, Myanmar[58] (10 October 2008) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (26 June 2008)[63] Pokhara, Nepal (December 2010)[64] Kuching, Malaysia (December 2012)[65] Kolkata, India (October 2013)[15][66] L Lanzhou (兰州) Albuquerque, United States (18 April 1996)[67] Akita, Akita, Japan (5 August 1982) (friendship city)[68] Lhasa (拉萨) Malaybalay, Philippines Boulder, United States (10 April 1987)[69] Lianyungang (连云港) Sakai, Japan (3 December 1983) City of Greater Geelong, Australia[70] (9 November 1991) Mokpo, South Korea (1 November 1992) Napier, New Zealand[12] (3 June 1994) Volzhsky, Russia (18 December 1997) Saga, Japan (12 November 1998) Lijiang (丽江) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (2002)[71] Luoyang (洛阳) Okayama, Japan (6 April 1981) Tours, France (6 April 1981) Buyeo, South Korea (13 August 1996) La Crosse, United States (21 October 1997)[72] Plovdiv, Bulgaria[73] Tolyatti, Russian Federation (April 2000) M Macau (澳門) São Paulo, Brazil[74][75] Lisbon, Portugal[76][77] Porto, Portugal Brussels, Belgium (friendship agreement) Coimbra, Portugal Linköping, Sweden N Nanchang (南昌) Nanchang is twinned with:[78] Skopje, Macedonia (March 1984)[78][79] Toluca, Mexico (August 1988)[78] Takamatsu, Japan (Sept 1990)[78][80] Valkeakoski, Finland (Nov 1997)[78] Toijala, Finland (Nov 1997)[78] Dijon, France (Oct 2006)[78][81][82] Naju, South Korea (Aug 2007)[78] Sorocaba, Brazil (Sept 2007)[78] Quilmes, Argentina (Sept 2008)[78] Peine, Germany (June 2009)[78][83] Newcastle, South Africa (Jan 2010)[78] Olympia, United States (Aug 2010)[78] Nanjing (南京) Alsace, France[84][85][86] Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei[87] Barranquilla, Colombia Belo Horizonte, Brazil Bloemfontein, South Africa Daejeon, South Korea Dallas, Texas, United States[88] Eindhoven, Netherlands Florence, Italy Hauts-de-Seine, France Leipzig, Germany Limassol, Cyprus[89] London, Ontario, Canada Malacca Town, Malaysia (2001) Mexicali, Mexico Perth, Western Australia, Australia[22] St. Louis, Missouri, USA[90] Stuttgart, Germany[91] Sunderland, United Kingdom Former Sister cities and friendship cities Nagoya, Japan (suspended on February 21, 2012 after Nanjing Massacre denialist statements by Mayor Takashi Kawamura[92]) Nanping (南平) Albury, Australia Nantong (南通) Gimje, South Korea Swansea, United Kingdom Rancagua, Chile Toyohashi, Japan Izumi, Japan Jersey City, United States São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Troisdorf, Germany Civitavecchia, Italy Rimouski, Quebec, Canada Ningbo (宁波) Sister cities (友好城市) Nagaokakyo, Japan (since April 1983) Aachen, Germany (October 1986)[93] Wilmington, Delaware, US (May 1988) Rouen, France (March 1990) Waitakere, New Zealand (November 1998) Santos, Brazil (January 2002) São Paulo, Brazil[94][95] Veszprém, Hungary (July 2003) Nelson Mandela Municipality, South Africa (September 2003) Varna, Bulgaria (June 2004) Stavanger, Norway (September 2004) Nottingham, UK (September 2005)[96] Bydgoszcz, Poland (November 2005) Lázaro Cárdenas, México (2010) Cities of friendly exchanges (友好交流关系城市) Masuda, Japan (since October 1990) Ueda, Japan (February 1995) Barcelona, Spain (October 1995) Suncheon, South Korea (June 1997) Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (May 1999) Houston, USA (September 2000) Wiener Neustadt, Austria (September 2000) Daegu, South Korea (September 2000) Norfolk, Virginia, US (April 2013) Aguascalientes, México (November 2006) Milwaukee, WI, USA (2006)[97] Q Qingdao (青岛) Qingdao is twinned with: Shimonoseki, Japan (3 October 1979) Long Beach, California, US (12 April 1985)[98] Acapulco, Mexico (21 August 1985) Wilhelmshaven, Germany (1992) Odessa, Ukraine (29 April 1993) Daegu, South Korea (4 December 1993) Nes Ziyyona, Israel (2 December 1997) Ramat Gan, Israel Velsen, the Netherlands (9 December 1998) Southampton, UK (27 December 1998) Galway, Ireland (1999) Puerto Montt, Chile (17 August 1999) Paderborn, Germany (2003) Perm, Russia (2003) Iloilo City, Philippines, (2003) Montevideo, Uruguay, (15 April 2004) Klaipėda, Lithuania (30 May 2004) Bilbao, Spain (21 August 2004) Nantes, France (4 June 2005) Brest, France (8 May 2005) Miami, USA (30 August 2005) St Petersburg, Russia (8 October 2006) Makassar, Indonesia North Shore City, New Zealand (9 August 2008) Vila Velha, Brazil (27 October 2009) Rijeka, Croatia (22 August 2010) Adelaide, Australia (2014)[99] Thousand Oaks, California, USA (27 February 2014)[100] Hyderabad, India (15 May 2015)[27] Friendly co-operative cities Qingdao is a friendly co-operative city of the following cities around the world. - Gothenburg, Sweden (1994) - Mannheim, Germany (1995) - Incheon, South Korea (1995) - San Francisco, United States (1997) - Chişinău, Moldova (1997) - Port Sudan, Sudan (1998) - Orlando, United States (1998) - Tangier, Morocco (1999) - Rijeka, Croatia (1999) - Pyeongtaek, South Korea (1999) - Naruto, Japan (1999) - Västergötland, Sweden (1999) - Adelaide, Australia (2000) - Da Nang, Vietnam (2000) - Nicosia, Cyprus (2000) - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2000) - Oakland, United States (2000) - Los Angeles, United States (2000) - Skagen, Denmark (2000) - Kobe, Japan (2003) - Fukuoka, Japan (2003) - Busan, South Korea (2003) - Gunsan, South Korea (2003) - Cairns, Australia (2003) - Iloilo, Philippines (2003) - Braunau, Austria (2004) - St Louis, United States (2004) - Kitakyushu, Japan (2005) - Houston, United States (2006) - St Petersburg, Russia (2007) - Rhine-Ruhr, Germany[101] (2008) - Vila Velha, Brazil (2009) - Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (2009) - Regensburg, Germany (2009) - Lisbon (2010)[77] - Kyoto, Japan (2011) - Dallas, United States[88] Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛) Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea Seosan, South Korea (2000) Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (1987) Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan (1981) Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan (1998) Pesaro, Marche, Italy Lugo, Spain Toledo, Ohio, United States (1985) S Shanghai (上海) Yokohama, Japan - since 1973 Osaka, Japan - 1974 Milan, Italy - 1979 Rotterdam, Netherlands - 1979 San Francisco, United States - 1979 Osaka Prefecture, Japan - 1980 Zagreb, Croatia - 1980 Hamhung, North Korea - 1982 Manila, Philippines - 1983 Antwerp, Belgium - 1984 Karachi, Pakistan - 1984 Chicago, United States - 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1985 Piraeus, Greece - 1985 Gdańsk Voivodeship, Poland – 1985 Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan - 1986 Hamburg, Germany - 1986 Casablanca, Morocco - 1986 Gothenburg, Sweden - 1986 Marseille, France - 1987 São Paulo, Brazil - 1988 St. Petersburg, Russia - 1988 Istanbul, Turkey - 1989 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 1990 Alexandria, Egypt - 1992 Busan, South Korea - 1993 Port Vila, Vanuatu - 1994 Dunedin, New Zealand[12] - 1994 Haifa, Israel - 1994 Tashkent, Uzbekistan - 1994 Porto, Portugal - 1995 Prague, Czech Republic[33] Aden, Yemen - 1995 Windhoek, Namibia - 1995 London, United Kingdom - 1996 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - 1996 Rosario, Argentina - 1997 Espoo, Finland - 1998 Jalisco State, Mexico - 1998 Liverpool, United Kingdom - 1999 Maputo, Mozambique - 1999 Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand - 2000 KwaZulu Natal, South Africa - 2001 Guayaquil, Ecuador - 2001 Valparaíso, Chile - 2001 Barcelona, Spain - 2001 Oslo, Norway - 2001 Constanţa, Romania - 2002 Algiers, Algeria - 2003 Colombo, Sri Lanka - 2003 Central Denmark Region, Denmark - 2008 (previously Aarhus County 2003) Bratislava Region, Slovakia - 2003 Hauraki District, New Zealand - 2003 Salzburg, Austria - 2004[102] Lefkosia, Cyprus - 2004 Cork, Ireland - 2005[103] Winston-Salem, United States - 2006 Basel, Switzerland - 2007 Borås, Sweden - 2007 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2008 Manaus, Brazil - 2009 Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 2009 Kuopio, Finland - 2012 Budapest, Hungary - 2013[104] Sofia, Bulgaria - 2014[105] Shangyu (上虞) Larkspur, California, United States[106] Shenyang (沈阳) Sapporo, Japan (1980) Kawasaki, Japan (1981) Turin, Italy (1985)[51] Chicago, United States (1985) Irkutsk, Russia (1992) Quezon City, Philippines (1993) Ramat Gan, Israel (1993)[107] Monterrey, Mexico (1993) Seongnam, South Korea (1998) Yaoundé, Cameroon (1998) Katowice, Poland (2007) Thessaloniki, Greece Gumi, South Korea Leverkusen, Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Shenzhen (深圳) [108][109][110] Houston, United States, March 1986 Brescia, Italy, November 1991 Brisbane, Australia, (June 1992)[24] Poznań, Poland, July 1993[111][112] Vienne, France, October 1994 Kingston, Jamaica, March 1995 Lomé, Togo, June 1996 Nuremberg, Germany, May 1997 Walloon Brabant, Belgium, October 2003 Tsukuba, Japan, June 2004 Gwangyang, South Korea, October 2004 Johor Bahru, Malaysia, July 2006 Perm, Russia, 2006 Turin, Italy, January 2007[51] Timişoara, Romania, February 2007 Hull, United Kingdom Rotherham, United Kingdom, November 2007 Luxor, Egypt, 6 September 2007 Reno, Nevada, United States, 30 April 2008 Samara, Russia, 19 December 2008 Montevideo, Uruguay February 2009 Kalocsa, Hungary, 2011 Haifa, Israel, 2012 Barcelona, Spain July 2012 Shijiazhuang (石家庄) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Bielsko-Biała, Poland[113] Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea Soria, Castile and León, Spain Falkenberg, Halland County, Sweden Des Moines, Iowa, United States Edison, New Jersey, United States Nagykanizsa, Zala County, Hungary Corby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Shijiazhuang also has a Sister City Agreement: Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Suzhou (苏州)

Antananarivo, Madagascar Ayabe, Japan Brest, France Bourgoin-Jallieu, France Chiba, Japan Daisen, Japan Eiheiji, Japan Esbjerg, Denmark Grenoble, France Grootfontein, Namibia Higashimurayama, Japan Hirokawa, Japan Hwaseong, South Korea Ikeda, Japan Ismaïlia, Egypt Jacksonville, United States Jeonju, South Korea Kameoka, Japan

Kanazawa, Japan Kiev, Ukraine Konstanz, Germany Logan, Australia[114] Marugame, Japan Nabari, Japan Nago, Japan Nijmegen, Netherlands Nowy Sącz, Poland Portland, Australia Portland, United States Porto Alegre, Brazil Riesa, Germany Riga, Latvia Riihimäki, Finland Rosolina, Italy Rotorua, New Zealand Santa Luċija, Malta

Santiago del Estero, Argentina Sendai, Japan South El Monte, United States Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Taupo, New Zealand[12] Taebaek, South Korea Tahara, Aichi, Japan Tottori, Japan Townsville, Australia Tulcea, Romania Uchinada, Japan Venice, Italy Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Viña del Mar, Chile Whittier, United States Yeongju, South Korea Zaporizhia, Ukraine Savyon, Israel

T

Taiyuan (太原)

Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (May 1987) Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia (September 1994) Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia (September 1994) Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany (May 1999) Liège, Wallonia Region, Belgium Newcastle, England, United Kingdom (April 1985) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (November 1995)[115]

Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon (October 1999) Saint-Denis, Reunion Island Nashville, Tennessee, United States (April 2007)

Tangshan (唐山)

Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan (July 1990) Malmö Municipality, Skane County, Sweden (September 1987)

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom (October 1992) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States (June 1997)

Tianjin (天津)

City	Country	Sister city since:
Kobe[116]	Japan	June 24, 1973
Philadelphia	United States	February 10, 1980
Fitchburg, Massachusetts	United States	1980
Mobile, Alabama	United States
Greenville, South Carolina	United States	2002
Rishon LeZion	Israel
Melbourne[117]	Australia	May 5, 1980
Yokkaichi, Mie	Japan	October 28, 1980
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	May 28, 1981
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	France	October 10, 1984
Lombardy (Milan)	Italy	May 9, 1985
Groningen	Netherlands	September 12, 1985
Chiba	Japan	May 7, 1986
Kutaisi	Georgia	1987
Plovdiv Region	Bulgaria	October 15, 1989
İzmir	Turkey	September 23, 1991
Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	September 26, 1992
Ulan Bator	Mongolia	September 27, 1992
Kharkiv	Ukraine	June 14, 1993
Jönköping	Sweden	September 23, 1993
Incheon	South Korea	December 7, 1993
Saarland	Germany	September 28, 1994
Łódź[118]	Poland	October 1, 1994
Rio de Janeiro (state)	Brazil	April 18, 1995
Dallas[88]	United States	1995
Orange County	United States	August 1, 1997
Amazonas State	Brazil	October 20, 1997
Haiphong	Vietnam	January 8, 1999
Turku	Finland	August 17, 2000
Mar del Plata[119]	Argentina	July 6, 2001
Clarence, New York	United States	November 10, 2001
Thessaloniki	Greece	March 4, 2002
Nampo	North Korea	August 11, 2002
State of Hawaii	United States	November 1, 2002
East Java	Indonesia	October 27, 2003
Montevideo	Uruguay	2004
Chicago	United States	2008
Phnom Penh	Cambodia	November 17, 2008
Pyongyang	North Korea	May 12, 2009
Busan	South Korea	2009
Seoul	South Korea	2009
Wellington	New Zealand	July 22, 2011

W

Weihai (威海)

Cheltenham, United Kingdom (since May 21, 1987) Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (May 18, 1992) Santa Barbara, California, United States (December 8, 1994)

Yeosu, South Korea, (February 17, 1995) Sochi, Russia (October 18, 1996) Biella, Italy (October 22, 1996)

Timaru, New Zealand[12] (July 30, 1998) Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (May 24, 2004) Novopolotsk, Belarus (April 25, 2006)

Weinan (渭南)

• Szeged, Hungary
• Gumi, South Korea

Wenling (温岭市)

Logan, Australia^[114]

Wenzhou (温州市)

Laredo, United States

Wuhan (武汉)

Tabriz, Iran (2009) Adelaide, Australia (July 2007) Arnhem, Netherlands (June 1999) Bordeaux, France (June 18, 1998)[120][121] Borlänge, Sweden (September 2007) Cheongju, South Korea (October 29, 2000) Christchurch, New Zealand,[12] (April 4, 2006) Duisburg, Germany (October 8, 1982)

Galaţi, Romania (August 12, 1987) Győr, Hungary (October 19, 1995) Khartoum, Sudan (September 27, 1995) Kiev, Ukraine (October 19, 1990) Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (May 20, 2015)[122] Manchester, UK (September 16, 1986) Markham, Canada (September 12, 2006) Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan (September 7, 1979) Pittsburgh, US (September 8, 1982)

Porsgrunn, Norway (June 2004) Sankt Pölten, Austria (December 20, 2005) St. Louis, US (September 2004) Ashdod, Israel (October 2009) Kópavogur, Iceland (September 2007) Faisalabad, Pakistan İzmir, Turkey[123]

Wuwei (武威)

Laredo, United States

Wuxi (无锡)

Sorocaba, Brazil Cascais, Portugal (14 Sept 1993) Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (29 Aug 1981) Chattanooga, Tennessee, US (12 Oct 1982)[124] Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan (6 Aug 1985) Hamilton, New Zealand[12] (July 5 July 1986) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada (10 April 1996) San Antonio, US

Bocholt, Germany Leverkusen, Germany Gimhae, South Korea (14 Dec 2005) Daejeon, South Korea (27 Aug 2006) Ballerup, Denmark (2007) Egedal, Denmark (2007) Frederikssund, Denmark (2007)

Kortrijk, Belgium (October 30, 2007) Patras, Greece (2007)[125] Zielona Góra, Poland (2008)[126] Tiberias, Israel (2008) Chelmsford, UK (2009) Frankston, Victoria, Australia (8 Oct 2011)[127][128]

X

Xiamen (厦门)

• Cardiff, Wales, UK (1983)^[129]
• Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan (1983)
• Cebu, Philippines (1984)
• Baltimore, US (1985)^[130]
• Wellington, New Zealand,^[12] (1987)
• George Town, Malaysia (1993)
• Sunshine Coast, Australia (1999)
• Kaunas, Lithuania (2001)^[131]
• Guadalajara, Mexico (2003)^[132]
• Zoetermeer, Netherlands (2004)
• Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (2006)
• Surabaya, Java, Indonesia (2006)
• Mokpo, South Korea (2007)
• Sarasota, US (2007)
• Las Palmas, Spain (2009)
• Marathon, Greece (2009)
• Trier, Germany (2010)
• Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (2012)
• Dushanbe, Tajikistan (2013)

Xi'an (西安)

• Nara, Japan (1974)
• Kyoto, Japan (10 May 1974)^[133]
• Edinburgh, Scotland (1985)^[134][135]
• Pau, France (1986)^[136]
• Kansas City, Missouri, US (1989)
• Esfahan, Iran (1989)
• Dortmund, Germany (1991)^[137]
• Lahore, Pakistan. (1992)^[138]
• Funabashi, Japan (1994)
• Gyeongju, South Korea (18 November 1994)^[139]
• Iaşi, Romania (1994)
• Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (1995)
• Kathmandu, Nepal (1996)
• Brasília, Brazil^[140] (1997)
• Cusco, Peru (21 June 1998)^[141]
• Quebec City, Canada (2001)^[142]
• Córdoba, Argentina (2006)
• Pompei, Italy (2007)
• Kalamata, Greece (28 August 2009)^[143]

Xianyang (咸阳)

• Rochester, New York, US (1 April 2008)^[144]

Xuyi (盱眙县)

• St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada (June 2012)^[145]

Xuzhou (徐州)

• Newark, New Jersey, US (21 April 1993)
• Handa, Aichi, Japan (27 May 1993)
• Leoben, Austria (29 August 1994)
• Bochum, Germany (16 September 1994)
• Kirovograd, Ukraine (31 August 1996)
• Osasco, Brazil
• Pouso Alegre, Brazil
• Greater Dandenong, Australia (12 September 1996)
• Ryazan, Russia (3 May 1998)
• Erfurt, Germany (26 November 2005)^[146]
• Lanciano, Italy (27 August 2006)
• Érd, Hungary (12 July 2011)

Xishuangbanna (西双版纳)

• Austin, US^[147]

Xinxiang (新鄉)

• Itajaí, Brazil (2003)
• Kashiwabara, Japan

Y

Yangquan (阳泉)

• Chesterfield, UK (1987)^[148]

Yangzhou (揚州)

• Malacca City, Malaysia
• Westport, Connecticut, US^[149]
• Kent, Washington, US^[150]
• Neubrandenburg, Germany^[151]
• Porirua, New Zealand^[152]

Yantai (烟台)

• Angers, France (2006)^[136]

Yueyang (岳阳)

• Cockburn, Australia^[153]

Z

Zhejiang (浙江)

• Gaborone, Botswana (30 March 2009)^[154]

Zhengzhou (郑州)

• Richmond, Virginia, US (14 September 1994)^[155][156]
• Cluj-Napoca, Romania (9 April 1995)^[156]
• Jinju, South Korea (25 July 2000)^[156]
• Saitama City, Japan (1 May 2001)^[156]
• Mariental, Namibia (17 August 2001)^[156]
• Irbid, Jordan (15 March 2002)^[156]
• Samara, Russia (11 April 2002)^[156]
• Joinville, Brazil (23 April 2003)^[156]
• Schwerin, Germany (14 November 2005)^[156]
• Shumen, Bulgaria
• Campo Grande, Brazil
• Namur, Belgium
• Gödöllő, Hungary

Zhenjiang (镇江)

• Tsu, Japan (11 June 1984)^[157]
• Tempe, US (6 March 1989)^[157]
• İzmit, Turkey (14 November 1996)^[157]
• Londrina, Brazil (4 June 1997)^[157]
• Kurashiki, Japan (18 November 1997)^[157][158]
• Iksan, South Korea (19 October 1998)^[157][159]
• Mannheim, Germany (1 March 2004)^[157][160]
• Stavropol, Russia (20 December 2012)^[157]

Zhuhai (珠海)

• Surrey, Canada (8 July 1987)^[161]
• Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Redwood City, US (18 April 1988)^[162]
• Braunschweig, Germany (1 June 2011)^[163]
• Kupang, Indonesia
• Atami, Japan
• Gold Coast, Australia (2012)^[4]
• Rio Branco, Brazil
• Suwon, South Korea

Zibo (淄博)

• Bratsk, Russia
• Erie, Pennsylvania, US
• Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
• Veliky Novgorod, Russia
• Mandaue, Philippines
• São José dos Pinhais, Brazil

Zixing (资兴)

• Laredo, US (19 August 2002)^[164]

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