From May 24 to June 2, Vice Mayor Lin Yimin led Shantou Delegation to go to Europe to attend the 12th EU-China High-Level Regional Policy Seminar and carry out investment promotion activities. The delegation was composed of the relevant responsible persons of the Administrative Committee of Shantou Overseas Chinese Economic and Cultural Cooperation Pilot Area, Shantou Foreign Affairs & Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau and Shantou Municipal Bureau of Financial Work. 
 

At the seminar held on May 31, on behalf of Shantou City, Lin Yimin introduced to the delegates about the overview of Shantou, the achievements of Shantou as a pilot of regional policy cooperation between China and Europe, as well the work direction in the future. During the period of the Seminar, the signing ceremony of the joint declaration was also held on regional cooperation of China and Europe cases of the international town cooperation project. Witnessed by Hu Zucai, Vice Director of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China,and Corina Cretu, Member of European Commission, on behalf of Shantou City, Lin Yimin signed the joint declaration with Madam Ruska Boyadzhieva, Vice Mayor of Burgas, Bulgaria, and had a cordial conversation. That afternoon, in Spanish Andalusia Office in EU, as representative of Shantou Overseas Chinese Economic and Cultural Cooperation Pilot Area, Wu Xianhong, Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of Shantou Overseas Chinese Economic and Cultural Cooperation Pilot Area, signed the Project Cooperation Agreement with Spanish Andalusia Smart City Alliance on jointly designing and implementing “Sino-European Smart City Demonstration Area Project”.

Source:Shantou Daily, Jun 4 2017

　　5月24日至6月2日,由副市长林依民带领汕头华侨试验区管委会、市外事侨务局和市金融局有关负责同志组成的汕头代表团赴欧洲参加第十二次中欧区域政策合作研讨会并开展招商宣传推介活动。

　　在5月31日举行的研讨会上,林依民代表汕头市向与会代表介绍了汕头概况、汕头作为中欧区域政策合作试点取得的成效以及下一步工作方向。研讨会期间,还举办了国际城镇合作项目中欧案例地区合作联合声明签字仪式。在国家发改委副主任胡祖才和欧盟委员会委员科丽娜·克雷楚的见证下,林依民代表我市与保加利亚布尔加斯市副市长Ruska Boyadzhieva女士签署合作联合声明,并进行了亲切交谈。当日下午,在西班牙安达卢西亚驻欧盟办事处,汕头华侨试验区党工委书记、管委会主任吴先宏代表华侨试验区与西班牙安达卢西亚智慧城市联盟签署了关于共同设计、实施“中欧智慧城市示范区项目”的《项目合作协议书》。

来源：汕头日报 2017-6-4