Liu Qibao, a member of the Politburo Central Committee and head of the Party's Publicity Department, addressed an international two-day seminar on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative, in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian province, on Feb 12.
Now, Longyan has two districts – Xinluo and Yongding – and five counties – Zhangping, Wuping, Shanghang, Changting and Liancheng – under its jurisdiction.
Celia Wade-Brown, the mayor of Wellington in New Zealand, paid a visit to Xiamen in east China’s Fujian province on Feb 8, in the hope of strengthening the sister-city ties between the two cities.