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04-10-08 #19
Mayor Young welcomes sister city delegation from China
     In the spirit of extending Mount Vernon’s cultural and educational outreach to the world, Mayor Clinton I. Young, Jr. hosted a delegation from China at City Hall on Wednesday, March 19th and 20^th, 2008. The delegation, lead by Vice Mayor Zhoalin Liu, from the People’s Municipal Government of Yangquan, China arrived in Mount Vernon by an official Police motorcade escort as part of the annual Sister City Agreement. 
     “As the mayor of a city that is home to people from close to a hundred different nations, it is very important to foster strong international, inter-municipal relationships,” said Mayor Young. “It gives me great pride to have Vice Mayor Liu and the entire delegation here to reinforce the great bond between the cities of Yangquan and Mount Vernon.”
     Yangquan is located at the western foot of the Taihang Mountains, southwest of Beijing, China. Yangquan -- as a newly developed industrial city -- is the political, economic and cultural center of the eastern part of Shanxi Province.  Locally, Yangquan plays an important role in the trades of coal mining, energy, heavy and chemical industries of Shanxi Province, which has been defined as the key area for investment by the Chinese central government. Internationally, Yangquan has maintained wide economic trading relationships with 48 countries and regions all over the world.
     The first Sister City agreement was signed in 1995 by former Mount Vernon Mayor Ronald Blackwood, who invited the delegation from Yangquan to visit the city. Mayor Blackwood later visited the City of Yangquan to further strengthen the cultural, business and educational relationship between the two cities.
     Mayor Young also rolled out the red carpet for the delegation and presented Vice Mayor Liu with the “Key to the City.” The delegation also toured the MRI and Hyperbaric Departments at Mount Vernon Hospital. They also caught a performance by Grimes School students who performed Chinese songs and dances. Vice Mayor Liu said the children’s performance reminded him of his own childhood in China. The delegation also dined at local eateries and toured of the city. Both leaders committed to establish video-conferencing to connect school children in Mount Vernon and Yangquan. They also discussed a business exchange symposium to connect Chinese business owners to Mount Vernon.
     “I am pleased to visit Mount Vernon and meet Mayor Young,” noted Vice Mayor Liu. “This is a wonderful opportunity to further our economics and cultural relationship between the two cities. I look forward to future projects and dialogue.”
     The official Sister City Agreement was signed during a special ceremony in the Mayor’s Conference Room on Thursday, March 20, 2008.