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Photo Exhibition on China-US Exchanges Opens in Shanghai

Source:chinadaily.com.cn Published:2019-07-04 10:25

Guests applaud at the launch of the photo exhibition Trans-Pacific Exchange and Cooperation in the Shanghai Municipal Archive on July 3. [Photo by Xing Yi/chinadaily.com.cn]

A photo exhibition marking 40 years of China-United States exchanges in Shanghai was unveiled in the Shanghai Municipal Archives on Wednesday.

Titled Trans-Pacific Exchange and Cooperation, the exhibition presents more than 300 photos that captured historic moments which took place in the city, including political visits, economic cooperation, as well as cultural and academic exchanges.

People look at photos in the exhibition Trans-Pacific Exchange and Cooperation in the Shanghai Municipal Archive on July 3. [Photo by Xing Yi/chinadaily.com.cn]

The exhibition was jointly hosted by the Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai, the Shanghai Municipal Archives, the Information Office of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, the Shanghai Institute of American Studies and the city's online news portal Eastday.

People look at photos in the exhibition Trans-Pacific Exchange and Cooperation in the Shanghai Municipal Archive on July 3. [Photo by Xing Yi/chinadaily.com.cn]

Zhang Xiaosong, director of Shanghai municipal foreign affairs office, said the city bears a great significance in the evolution of China-US ties.

"In 1972, the Shanghai Communique set the stage to restore China-US diplomatic relations… and Shanghai was also among the first cities to participate in China-US cooperation," he said. "Over the past 40 years, Shanghai has seen closer exchanges with the US, registered fruitful results and promoted China-US relations as a whole."

People look at photos in the exhibition Trans-Pacific Exchange and Cooperation in the Shanghai Municipal Archive on July 3. [Photo by Xing Yi/chinadaily.com.cn]

Around a hundred guests, including the president of the China-US Friendship Association Xu Kuangdi, vice mayor of Shanghai Xu Kunlin, and American Consul General in Shanghai Sean Stein, attended the launch of the exhibition.

The exhibition will be opened to the public until August 15. It will also be held at The Fourth US-China Sister Cities Conference and The Sister Cities International's 2019 Annual Conference in Houston on July 17.

Editor:Zhao Xichen