Xiamen in East China's Fujian province exhibits more than 70 photos showing friendly exchanges between Xiamen and Nice as well as scenes from Nice, Nov 1-10. [Photo/fao.xm.gov.cn]
A photo exhibition was held in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province on Nov 1 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the establishment of sister-city relations with Nice, France and will run for 10 days.
The exhibition, organized by the Foreign Affairs Office in Xiamen and Xiamen Library, showcased more than 70 photos displaying friendly exchanges between the two cities and scenes of Nice.
Exchanges between the two cities can be traced back to the 1980s, when Xiamen University inked a cooperation agreement with the University of Nice and experts from XMU started attending the French university for further study.
In 2014, Xiamen established sister-city relations with Nice. Over the past five years, the two cities have conducted frequent exchanges in culture, education, tourism, trade and urban construction, making them role models for cooperation between Chinese and French local governments.
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.
