From December 10 to 12, Guillermo Lopez, Governor of Florida Province of Uruguay, and his delegation visited Shenyang City. Lyu Zhicheng, Deputy Secretary of Shenyang Municipal Party Committee of CPC and Mayor of Shenyang, met with the delegation and held talks on further strengthening economic and trade cooperation, close people-to-people exchanges, and deepening the sister city relationship between Florida and our city.

Lyu Zhicheng said that Shenyang is an important central city in Northeast China, a national advanced equipment manufacturing base and a national historical and cultural city, being fully implemented in the important speeches and instructions by President Xi Jinping on the revitalization and development of Northeast China and Liaoning, which is fully integrated into the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and strives to create a new frontier of opening up. It is hoped to further strengthen economic and trade exchanges and friendly exchanges with Florida province and Florida city, and carry out deeper cooperation in agriculture, animal husbandry, horse industry, cross-border e-commerce, sports and other fields. Shenyang will continue to build a market-oriented, legalized and internationalized first-class business environment, provide more high-quality and efficient services, and welcome Uruguayan enterprises to visit and invest in Shenyang. Guillermo Lopez said that he will take the establishment of comprehensive strategic partnership between Uruguay and China as a new starting point, further strengthen communication and exchanges with Shenyang, continue to deepen practical cooperation in animal husbandry, education, health and other fields, and promote mutually beneficial and win-win development.

The delegation also jointly held the Shenyang-Uruguay Province of Florida Agricultural Economic and Trade matchmaking Meeting with the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government, Shenyang Agricultural Investment and Development Co., LTD., Shenyang Agricultural Industry Chain Association and Liaoning Equine Industry Association, and conducted in-depth promotion and extensive connection in the fields of agriculture and animal husbandry, equine industry, agricultural product trade and agricultural machinery manufacturing. Both sides agreed that Shenyang and Florida have a good foundation, great potential and broad prospects for cooperation, and are willing to jointly explore and cultivate new growth points of cooperation, and promote sister city exchanges and economic and trade cooperation to a larger scale, deeper and higher level.

The delegation visited Cainiao Bonded Warehouse in Shenyang Area of China (Liaoning) Free Trade Pilot Zone and Wantong Wanjiang cross-border experience store, and visited key enterprises such as Wellhope Co., LTD., Shenyang Siasun Robot Automation Co., LTD., and exchanged ideas on the construction of free trade zone, cross-border trade, and the introduction of Uruguayan products. Initial cooperation intentions have been reached in the import of meat and bone meal, sorghum and other raw materials as well as vocational education and training. The delegation also visited the Liaoning Provincial Museum and the Shenyang Palace Museum to personally experience the profound historical and cultural deposits and rich cultural tourism resources in the Shenyang and Liaoning area.

Governor Lopez and his delegation spoke highly of the visit to Shenyang, saying that they have further enhanced their understanding of Shenyang's development in various fields, are full of expectations for deepening cooperation between Florida and Shenyang sister cities, and actively invited the delegation of our city to visit Uruguay at an appropriate time to continue deepening mutually beneficial cooperation.