From January 9th to 11th, Takeshi Otsuka, the Director of Port Department of Sasebo City, Japan, led a delegation to visit Shenyang. Chen Shuangwei, Director of the Municipal Government's Foreign Affairs Office and Secretary General of the Municipal Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, met with the delegation. Liu Zhenning, Deputy Secretary General of the Municipal Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, attended the meeting.

Chen Shuangwei welcomed the visit ofTakeshi Otsuka and his delegation, and expressed gratitude to the Port Department for playing a positive role in promoting friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two cities. He stated that in October last year, the country officially approved the "Overall Plan on the territorial Space of Shenyang City (2021-2035)", and Shenyang was given a new positioning as an international center city in Northeast Asia. In the future, we hope to further strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the two cities in high-level visits, cultural tourism, youth and other fields, jointly cultivate more brand exchange projects, and work together to create a model of exchange and cooperation between China and Japanlocal cities.

Takeshi Otsuka stated that Sasebo Port has won the 2024 Annual Award from the Japan Oceangoing Passenger Ship Association, thanks to the strong support of Shenyang City. In particular, the "Cruise Tourism Promotion Conference" held in Shenyang has played a positive role in promoting people to people exchanges between the two cities. He looks forward to more exchanges and interactions between the two sides in the future, so that the results of sister city cooperation can better benefit the people of the two cities.

The delegation visited the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio and Television to discuss the joint promotion of the "China Japan Korea Cultural Tourism Year" project. The delegation also visited multiple travel agencies such as Liaoning Kanghui and Liaoning Huayi, providing assistance for travel agencies to attract customers to Liaoning.