In August 1993, Zhejiang Province and JeollaNamdo signed a friendship exchange agreement. At the same time, Jeollanam-do recommended Yecheon City to carry out friendly city exchanges with Lishui City of China. in September 1993, Shi Jixuan, the president of Lishui City Foreign Friendship Association of China and his delegation visited Yecheon, and Yecheon municipal government expressed its desire to carry out friendly cooperation and exchanges and conclude a friendship city with the government of Lishui City of China. in April 1994, the mayor of Yecheon, Ryu Sang-cheol, led a group of people to visit Yecheon City of China, and the two municipalities signed a letter of agreement to establish a friendly relationship. The two cities signed an agreement on the establishment of friendly relations. Approved by the central government of both sides, the two cities on November 1, 1994 by mail exchange of signed text, the formal ties of friendship city relations. April 1, 1998, South Korea's Yecheon City, Yeosu City, Yeosu City, Yeosu County merged into the current Yeosu City. February 17, 1998, the National Association of Friendships issued a document: at the same time, confirming the Yeosu City and the city of Weihai (former Yeosu City, Friendship Cities) as a friendship city in the current Yeosu City.
Lishui City and Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Mishima City in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, is located in the foothills of Mount Fuji, Izu Peninsula, the throat of the part, more than 100 kilometers away from Tokyo, with a total area of 62.17 square kilometers, east and west, 11.1 kilometers, north and south, 13 kilometers. It has a population of 110,000 people. The city tree is the ginkgo tree and the city flower is the Mishima cherry blossom. Mishima City's industries include services, construction, commerce, transportation, and manufacturing of machinery, metals, and food. In terms of industrial production, electrical machinery accounts for 30.1% of the total industrial output. General machinery accounts for 16.7% of the total. Agriculture is also highly modernized. Rice, potatoes, cabbages, radishes and flowers are the mainstays of the plantation industry, while dairy cows, beef cattle, egg-laying hens and broiler chickens are the mainstays of the farming industry.
Mishima City has 14 elementary schools, 7 junior high schools, 3 high schools, 5 universities, the National Institute of Genetics, the Department of International Relations at Nihon University, and the Railway Training Center.
Mishima has a well-developed transportation system, and in the Edo period, it was one of the 53 post stations connecting Tokyo and Kyoto, and was called "Mishima Eki". There are two railroads, the Tokai Railway and the Shinkansen, and Mishima Station on the Shinkansen was completed in 1997, making Mishima the gateway to tourism in the Izu area. There is also National Highway No. 1 running through Mishima City.
Benefiting from its warm and favorable natural environment, Mishima has been a city of cultural prosperity since ancient times, and was designated a "Model Water and Greening Area" by the Japan Land Agency in 1993. The city's goal is to become a "city of water, greenery and culture" centered on culture, education, housing, commerce and tourism.
On May 12, 1997, Mishima City and the former city of Yeosu (now Liandu District) became sister cities. The two cities have carried out exchanges and cooperation in such areas as exchange of personnel visits, holding children's calligraphy and painting exhibitions, donating funds to schools, and agricultural trainees. Lishui City and Mishima City renewed their friendship city relationship agreement in August 2001 after the city was established and exchanged visits for the second time.
Lishui City and Rowe, New Jersey, USA Rowe is located in the southeastern part of Eunice County, New Jersey, about 15 miles (about 24 kilometers) southwest of Manhattan. Located on the New Jersey Coastal Plain, the city has a total area of 4.1 square miles and boasts a population of 26,500 (2000 statistics). The average annual temperature is 51.2 degrees Fahrenheit (about 10.7 degrees Celsius) and the annual rainfall is 49 inches (about 1,224 millimeters). The climate is similar to that of the neighboring cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. Independent local laws were enacted in 1950, and a mayor-council system of government is in effect. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. At the same time, the nine elected members of the city council (three for the city and six for each of the city's six districts) serve four-year terms.
The city is known for its production of pharmaceuticals, communications equipment, automobile parts, cereal, music boxes, and vacuum cleaners. Most of the land in Rowe is used for residential purposes, with only a small portion of it used for commercial or industrial purposes.
The busy Northeast Passage and North Jersey Shore railroad lines connect it to Newark, Manhattan, Trenton, and the Jersey waterfront. The busiest Routes 1 and 9, the Gordon State Greenbrier, and the New Jersey Turnpike are less than two miles from the municipal highway.
Merck, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, was headquartered in Rowe for nearly 100 years before moving its corporate headquarters out of Rowe in the 1990s. The city reimagined the Merck division as the largest research and development center in the state and laid the groundwork for a $2 billion expansion of its facilities and doubling of its workforce. More recently, the city embarked on a revitalization plan aimed at re-creating its commercial center, and in 1998 New Jersey Transit completed the $16 million Train Station Business Center, a major boost to the area's economy, while in 2000 a recreation center was constructed adjacent to it. Today it is promoting the arts in the "arts center" and the surrounding area.
Approved by the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, the city and the city of Rowe, New Jersey, U.S.A., concluded a friendly exchange relationship. on February 10, 2003, the two cities signed an agreement on the establishment of a friendly exchange relationship in the United States. Lishui city launched the "citizen-oriented" creative thinking and related programs have been widely publicized. Today, Yeosu City continues to promote civic campaigns such as "Start with Me First" and "Clean Water Day," and the number of volunteers for the 2012 World Expo has reached 60,000 people. Lishui City has set up the "Thousand Citizen Judgment Team", which is responsible for establishing, implementing and evaluating major government policies, thus realizing two-way communication between the government and citizens. In addition, Lishui City has also introduced the "Idea Bank" system to listen to and adopt the public's opinions and suggestions on municipal government, which will ultimately enhance Lishui City's international image and world standard.