MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM VISITS SHANGHAI, MEETS WITH MAYOR, SIGNS AGREEMENT, VISITS EXPO CENTER
California Desk
November 12, 2008
SHANGHAI, CHINA – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai. At the meeting, Mayor Newsom thanked Mayor Han for his continued support of the San Francisco-Shanghai Sister City relationship and announced the plan to hold a "San Francisco Week" at the Shanghai Expo in 2010. Mayor Newsom also discussed the ChinaSF Initiative and the opening of the San Francisco China Desk in Shanghai.
ChinaSF is a public/private partnership that will help connect businesses in China and the San Francisco Bay Area and assist Chinese companies looking to locate or invest in North America. ChinaSF is a comprehensive international business recruitment, expansion, and retention initiative that builds on San Francisco's core strengths for international businesses – a highly desirable urban location, a world-class international airport, an un-paralleled workforce and access to all of the San Francisco Bay Area´s financial and technology resources.
"San Francisco is proud of its long-standing relationship with China and its sister city, Shanghai," said Mayor Newsom. "ChinaSF builds on this history of shared cultural and economic ties, and strengthens future economic prosperity through enhanced relationships between San Franciscan and Chinese businesses. We look forward to furthering the spirit of cooperation between our two cities with more public/private partnerships, like ChinaSF, as well as additional cultural, intellectual and economic endeavors."
Following his meeting with Mayor Zheng, Mayor Newsom traveled to Shanghai Museum where he signed an agreement between the Shanghai Museum and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco to develop an historic exhibition about artistic development in the city of Shanghai from 1850 to the present. The exhibition will be presented at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco from February 12 – May 9, 2010.
Mayor Newsom also visited the headquarters of the upcoming Expo 2010, where he received a briefing about the Expo and a tour of the demonstration facility. Expo 2010 is the first World Exposition on the theme of city, sustainability and the challenges that face the urban population. San Francisco plans to participate through a "San Francisco Week" at the Expo in May 2010.
ChinaSF is a public/private partnership that will help connect businesses in China and the San Francisco Bay Area and assist Chinese companies looking to locate or invest in North America. ChinaSF is a comprehensive international business recruitment, expansion, and retention initiative that builds on San Francisco's core strengths for international businesses – a highly desirable urban location, a world-class international airport, an un-paralleled workforce and access to all of the San Francisco Bay Area´s financial and technology resources.
"San Francisco is proud of its long-standing relationship with China and its sister city, Shanghai," said Mayor Newsom. "ChinaSF builds on this history of shared cultural and economic ties, and strengthens future economic prosperity through enhanced relationships between San Franciscan and Chinese businesses. We look forward to furthering the spirit of cooperation between our two cities with more public/private partnerships, like ChinaSF, as well as additional cultural, intellectual and economic endeavors."
Following his meeting with Mayor Zheng, Mayor Newsom traveled to Shanghai Museum where he signed an agreement between the Shanghai Museum and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco to develop an historic exhibition about artistic development in the city of Shanghai from 1850 to the present. The exhibition will be presented at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco from February 12 – May 9, 2010.
Mayor Newsom also visited the headquarters of the upcoming Expo 2010, where he received a briefing about the Expo and a tour of the demonstration facility. Expo 2010 is the first World Exposition on the theme of city, sustainability and the challenges that face the urban population. San Francisco plans to participate through a "San Francisco Week" at the Expo in May 2010.
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