Nanchong, China
Nanchong city is located in the northeast of Sichuan Province. It covers an area of 12,500 square kilometers, with a population of 1.2 million ( 7.6 million in the metro area). As the second largest city in population and one of the top cities in economic strength in Sichuan Province, Nanchong has been the central city of northeast Sichuan and has a key position in the Chengdu-Chongqing City Cluster Development Plan issued by the Chinese government. Nanchong was established more than 2,200 years ago. It is the cradle of the Three Kingdoms that existed nearly 2,000 years ago. It has a rich and unique culture and tradition. For more information about Nanchong city, see the official website - http://www.nanchong.gov.cn/en/
Partnership
Inspired by the memorandum of understanding signed in 2012 between the University of Toledo (UT) and North Sichuan Medical College (NSMC), Dr. Chengjun Li, the former President of NSMC, proposed to Dean Johnnie Early of the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at The University of Toledo that a sister city relationship was established between Toledo and Nanchong. Through the effort of Mr. James Hartung, President of the Board of Trustees of Toledo Sister Cities International and Mr. Siguo (Robert) Zhang of the Foreign Relationship Office of NSMC, a sister cities agreement was signed by the former Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson and former Nanchong Mayor Qungang Wu on February 15, 2017. On October 18, 2018, the Mayor of Nanchong, Wu Qungang (Figure 1, Left) with a delegation of 6 people visited Toledo. Due to the delay of their flight, the scheduled meeting with the Toledo Mayor was cancelled. The delegation met with the Mayor’s representative (Mr. James Hartung; Figure 1, Right) and QHD/NC Committee and signed a document to reconfirm the sister city relationship between Nanchong and Toledo (see the photos below).
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