[Provided by Uiseong-gun]
[Provided by Uiseong-gun]

Uiseong-gun in North Gyeongsang Province has moved to deepen exchanges with its Chinese sister city of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, as part of efforts to secure new engines of future growth.

Uiseong-gun County Mayor Choi Yu-cheol, county council Speaker Ji Mu-jin and other delegation members attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 China International Friendly Cities Conference in Xi'an, the county announced Wednesday.

The visit was made at the official invitation of Xianyang. The delegation sought to expand its international cooperation network and explore ways to promote mutual development and exchanges between the two cities.

Earlier, on Monday, the delegation held a high-level official meeting in Xianyang.

Senior officials from Xianyang attended, including Wang Wenzhan, party secretary of the Standing Committee of the Xianyang Municipal People's Congress. The two sides reaffirmed mutual trust and discussed concrete measures to expand personnel and administrative exchanges.

The delegation also conducted field visits to sites related to future growth industries.

In the AI and digital sector, the group toured the Xianyang High-Tech Zone Digital Exchange Hall and the China Western AI Innovation Port. In the clean energy sector, they visited Zhongshihua Lvyuan Geothermal Energy (Shaanxi) Development Co. to examine industry development cases.

In agriculture and tourism, the delegation visited an apple and buckwheat cultivation complex in Chunhua County and an agritourism complex in Sanliyuan Town, where they observed locally specialized agricultural technology and sixth-industry models integrating farming with tourism.

"Attending the International Friendly Cities Conference was a meaningful opportunity to strengthen our international cooperation network," County Mayor Choi said. "Building on the exchanges with Xianyang and the insights gained from field visits in AI, geothermal energy and advanced agriculture, we will secure new engines of future growth and develop into a local government with global competitiveness."


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