11月18日至19日，中国人民对外友好协会、中国国际友好城市联合会和云南省人民政府共同主办，昆明市人民政府承办的2024中国国际友好城市大会在昆明成功召开，大会主题为“共享共赢 共创未来”。全国人大常委会副委员长彭清华出席开幕式并讲话。中国人民对外友好协会会长、中国国际友好城市联合会会长杨万明，布隆迪参议长埃玛纽尔·辛佐哈盖拉，老挝万象市委书记、市人民议会主席阿努帕·杜纳隆，日本前首相鸠山由纪夫等中外嘉宾出席。
在中外友好城市颁奖典礼上，中国人民对外友好协会、中国国际友好城市联合会向沈阳、成都、福州、哈尔滨、杭州、呼和浩特、昆明、南昌、乌鲁木齐、武汉等10个城市颁发了“国际友好城市杰出贡献奖”，以表彰在开展国际友城工作中的突出表现。
我市参会代表在大会平行论坛上围绕“城市绿色发展惠及民生福祉”从沈阳市大力开展北方特色公园城市建设、由工业文明时代装备制造的“优秀生”蝶变为生态文明时代绿色低碳高质量发展的“模范生”、绿色化智能化高端化推进产业转型升级等方面做了重点介绍，提出面向未来，将在强化科技创新、加强公众参与、深化交流合作等方面持续发力，最后向参会中外嘉宾发出了来自沈阳的绿色之邀和冰雪之邀。
本次大会共有来自五大洲41个国家的37位省部级负责人和74位市长、副书记、副市长等66个省州、125个城市、63个地方政府组织和友好组织代表，以及专家学者、企业和媒体代表等700余位嘉宾出席。
（供稿：阎齐伟，编辑：李迪，校对：王雪威，审核：何刚）
Shenyang Wins the "Outstanding Contribution Award for International Friendship Cities"
From November 18th to 19th, the China International Friendship Cities Conference2024 was successfully held in Kunming. The Conference was co-hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, China International Friendship Cities Association, and the People's Government of Yunnan Province, and organized by Kunming Municipal People's Government. The theme of the conference was "Common Prosperity, Shared Future". Peng Qinghua, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Yang Wanming, President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and President of China International Friendship Cities Association, Emmanuel Sinzohagera,Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Burundi, Anouphab Tounalom, Party Sercretary of Vientiane and President of the Vientiane People's Council of LaosPeople's Democratic Republic, and Hatoyama Yukio, former Prime Minister of Japan, among other Chinese and foreign guests, attended the conference.
At the Sino-foreign Friendship Cities Award Ceremony, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the China International Friendship Cities Association granted the "Outstanding Contribution Award for International Friendship Cities" to 10 cities including Shenyang, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Harbin, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Kunming, Nanchang, Urumqi and Wuhan, in recognition of their outstanding performance in carrying out the international friendship cities work.
At the parallel forum of the conference, representative from Shenyang made key introductions on the topic of "Green Urban Development Benefiting People's Livelihood and Welfare", focusing on Shenyang's vigorous construction of a park city with northern characteristics, the transformation from a model of equipment manufacturing in the era of industrial civilization to a pioneer of green, low-carbon and high-quality development in the era of ecological civilization, and the promotion of industrial transformation and upgrading through green, intelligent and high-end development. The representative proposed that Shenyang will continue to make efforts in strengthening technological innovation, enhancing public participation, deepening exchanges and cooperation in the future. Finally, proposalfor mutual green development as well as invitation of experiencing Shenyang's ice and snow industry were sent to domestic and foreign guests attending the conference.
The conference was attended by more than 700 guests, including 37 provincial and ministerial leaders, 74 mayors, deputy secretaries and deputy mayors from 66 provinces and states, 125 cities, 63 representatives of local government organizations and friendly organizations from 41 countries of five continents, as well as experts, scholars, enterprise and media representatives.
（翻译：孔令岩、张家齐，校对：刘昊，审核：赵雪）
