40 years ago

Chengdu and Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, become friends

This year

the two cities, both with a view of snow-capped mountains

two equally beautiful and livable cities are getting married in ruby red!

In October 2021, the Mayor of Chengdu and the Mayor of Ljubljana exchanged letters to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the friendship city relationship between the two cities.

The mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Jankovic, said in a letter –

I am delighted to see that in recent years, the two cities have developed mutually beneficial cooperation in many areas such as culture, arts, education, science and technology and have commuicated experiences and practices that have been of great value. I am particularly proud of the fact that 10 years ago, I was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen" of Chengdu. The ceremony held in your city is still very fresh in my mind today.

I am regretful that my life has been affected to a large extent by the COVID-19, we are in two places, but we are thinking of each other and trying our best to help each other. Our actions have deepened the relationship between Slovenia and China and strengthened the friendship between the two cities and countries.

In the future, I will do my utmost to continue to enhance and strengthen cooperation between the two cities.

It's worth mentioning that Ljubljana is the first foreign capital city to be associated with Chengdu.

Ljubljana Profile

Ljubljana is the capital of the Republic of Slovenia, the center of culture, transport, science and education, and an important commercial, exhibition and exhibition centre in Europe, covering an area of 275 square kilometers and a population of 293,000, accounting for 13.7 % of the total population of Slovenia. The city logo is The Green Dragon.

Ljubljana is a medium-sized City in Europe, located at the natural junction between central Europe to the Mediterranean Sea, the Balkans to the Paninoa Basin, with important location advantages and a tourist resort. Convenient transport links to Ljubljana and other important European cities, and an hour's drive from Ljubljana cityside or alpine ski resorts.

Ljubljana attaches great importance to infrastructure construction, focuses on expanding social insurance schemes, and focuses on improving the quality of life of its citizens and protecting the natural environment. In 2010, the UNESCO Commission awarded Ljubljana the title of "World Book Capital" and in 2016, the city of Lu was awarded the title of "Green Capital of Europe".

On October 25, 1981, Chengdu concluded friendly city relations with Ljubljana. Since the conclusion of the relationship, the two cities in high-level visits, economic and trade exchanges, personnel exchanges, cultural tourism, science and technology and environmental protection and other fields of frequent exchanges and cooperation. Let's review it together!

An overview of the communication between the two cities

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Ljubljana actively participated in Chengdu's International Friends City Civil Servants Workshop, International Friends City Sculpture Exhibition, International Friends City Youth Music Week and other exchange projects. The Ljubljana Municipality, in conjunction with the National Tourism Board of Slovenia, has organized a tourism promotion event in Slovenia. Chengdu has also sent several art groups to Ljubljana to perform and has organized groups to participate in the city of Lu held a series of book creation, publishing, distribution and other activities.

In 2011, on the 30th anniversary of the two cities tie-up, Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen" by the Chengdu Municipal Government.

Zoran Jankovic, mayor of Ljubljana

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In 2008, after the Wenchuan earthquake, Ljubljana expressed its condolences to Chengdu in the first place and organized donations from the public, which were used together with computers donated by the Slovenia Embassy in Beijing for the reconstruction of the nine-year school in Junle Township, Pengzhou City.

In 2020, during the outbreak of COVID-19, Chengdu promptly presented Ljubljana with medical masks and other anti-epidemic materials.

This year, the two cities join hands to celebrate the "ruby wedding".In the future, let’s look forward to Chengdu and Ljubljana friendship continue to upgrade, to meet the ‘sapphire marriage’ ‘golden wedding’ ‘diamond marriage’!