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President Meets 'old friend' in Beijing
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad renewed his decades-long friendship with President Xi Jinping when they met in Beijing on Monday, for the fifth time. Iowa and Hebei province became sisters in 1983, and in 1985 Xi, then a county-level government head in the province, visited Iowa for agricultural projects and met Branstad for the first time. Xi, who has always stressed Sino-US provincial and city-level exchanges with his rich working experience in local governments in China, told his guests that such cooperation between the two countries has seen "unprecedented good momentum".
Outcomes:
The forum was set up in 2011 during former president Hu Jintao's visit to Washington. When it was first held in the US in July that year it saw the two sides sign more than 20 cooperation agreements on trade, energy, science and technology, and environmental protection, with a total value of about $3 billion. The forum now serves as a major platform for strengthening local cooperation between the two countries.
Government?:
Yes
Type of Exchange:
business
diplomatic
Partners:
China- US Governors Forum
Participants (Types):
President Xi, US Iowa Governor
Exchange Date:
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Continuing:
No
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Level of Government:
national
state/provincial
Location:
China
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