Friendship Cities, Friendly Cities
Update: 2025-02-07 Source: Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office
Friendship Cities
Guangzhou has forged friendship-city ties with 38 cities all around the world.
NO. | City | Country | Date |
1 | Fukuoka | Japan | 1979.05.02 |
2 | Los Angeles | the U.S. | 1981.12.08 |
3 | Manila | Philippines | 1982.11.05 |
4 | Vancouver | Canada | 1985.03.27 |
5 | Sydney | Australia | 1986.05.12 |
6 | Bari | Italy | 1986.11.12 |
7 | Lyon | France | 1988.01.19 |
8 | Frankfurt | Germany | 1988.04.11 |
9 | Auckland | New Zealand | 1989.02.17 |
10 | Gwangju | Republic of Korea | 1996.10.25 |
11 | Linkoping | Sweden | 1997.11.24 |
12 | Durban | South Africa | 2000.07.17 |
13 | Bristol | the UK | 2001.05.23 |
14 | Yekaterinburg | Russia | 2002.07.10 |
15 | Arequipa | Peru | 2004.10.27 |
16 | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2005.12.21 |
17 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 2006.10.12 |
18 | Birmingham | the UK | 2006.12.04 |
19 | Hambantota | Sri Lanka | 2007.02.27 |
20 | Recife | Brazil | 2007.10.22 |
21 | Tampere | Finland | 2008.12.02 |
22 | Bangkok | Thailand | 2009.11.13 |
23 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 2012.04.16 |
24 | Dubai | the United Arab Emirates | 2012.04.18 |
25 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 2012.04.25 |
26 | Kazan | Russia | 2012.07.06 |
27 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2012.07.18 |
28 | Harare | Zimbabwe | 2012.09.03 |
29 | San Jose | Costa Rica | 2012.09.11 |
30 | Noboribetsu | Japan | 2012.11.15 |
31 | Valencia | Spain | 2012.12.29 |
32 | Rabat | Morocco | 2013.10.03 |
33 | Lodz | Poland | 2014.08.20 |
34 | Ahmedabad | India | 2014.09.17 |
35 | Pokhara | Nepal | 2014.11.29 |
36 | Quito | Ecuador | 2014.11.29 |
37 | Santiago | Chile | 2017.06.20 |
38 | Mombasa County | Kenya | 2018.11.27 |
Friendly Cities
Guangzhou has forged friendly-city ties with 69 cities worldwide.
NO. | City | Country | Date |
1 | Salvador | Brazil | 1996.04.09 |
2 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 1996.04.14 |
3 | Oita | Japan | 1997.10.09 |
4 | Khabarovsk | Russia | 1997.10.15 |
5 | Guam | the U.S. | 2002.03.28 |
6 | Melbourne | Australia | 2003.04.09 |
7 | Alexandria | Egypt | 2003.07.17 |
8 | Barcelona | Spain | 2003.10.29 |
9 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 2004.12.01 |
10 | Havana | Cuba | 2005.06.15 |
11 | Dusseldorf | Germany | 2006.07.25 |
12 | Mexico City | Mexico | 2010.11.19 |
13 | Huston | the U.S. | 2012.04.09 |
14 | Milan | Italy | 2012.07.25 |
15 | Prague | The Czech Republic | 2013.04.25 |
16 | Binh Duong | Vietnam | 2013.08.22 |
17 | Coimbra | Portugal | 2013.10.20 |
18 | Inchon | Republic of Korea | 2013.12.06 |
19 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 2013.12.13 |
20 | St. Petersburg | Russia | 2014.01.12 |
21 | Tbilisi | Georgia | 2014.01.13 |
22 | Boston | the U.S. | 2014.08.28 |
23 | Suva | Fiji | 2015.06.01 |
24 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015.07.23 |
25 | Victoria | Seychelles | 2015.11.12 |
26 | Bogota | Colombia | 2016.10.14 |
27 | Genoa | Italy | 2016.12.07 |
28 | Montreal | Canada | 2017.06.20 |
29 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | Israel | 2017.09.04 |
30 | Piraeus | Greece | 2017.09.07 |
31 | Tirana | Albania | 2017.09.11 |
32 | Padua | Italy | 2017.10.30 |
33 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2018.05.28 |
34 | Gorgan | Iran | 2018.12.07 |
35 | Ayia Napa | Cyprus | 2018.12.07 |
36 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 2019.04.06 |
37 | Ankara | Turkey | 2019.07.11 |
38 | Oakland | the U.S. | 2019.07.18 |
39 | Darwin | Australia | 2019.10.25 |
40 | Brazzaville | Republic of Congo | 2019.11.01 |
41 | Dhofar | Oman | 2019.11.01 |
42 | Edinburgh | the UK | 2019.11.01 |
43 | Busan | Republic of Korea | 2019.11.01 |
44 | Heidelberg | Germany | 2019.12.15 |
45 | Abu Dhabi | the United Arab Emirates | 2020.01.16 |
46 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 2020.09.02 |
47 | Jena | Germany | 2020.10.12 |
48 | Penang Island | Malaysia | 2020.11.11 |
49 | Panama City | Panama | 2020.11.11 |
50 | Turin | Italy | 2021.02.08 |
51 | Dakar | Senegal | 2021.03.12 |
52 | Praia | Cabo Verde | 2021.04.21 |
53 | Zaragoza | Spain | 2021.07.13 |
54 | Jambi City | Indonesia | 2021.07.26 |
55 | Wuppertal | Germany | 2021.07.30 |
56 | Maardu | Estonia | 2021.08.30 |
57 | Tivat | Montenegro | 2021.09.14 |
58 | Minsk | Belarus | 2021.09.28 |
59 | Novosibirsk | Russia | 2021.09.28 |
60 | Kherson | Ukraine | 2021.10.12 |
61 | Lahore | Pakistan | 2021.11.01 |
62 | Pest County | Hungary | 2021.11.24 |
63 | Tehran | Iran | 2022.03.17 |
64 | Kingston | Jamaica | 2023.02.09 |
65 | Limassol | Cyprus | 2023.09.11 |
66 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 2023.09.26 |
67 | Attapeu Province | Laos | 2023.12.08 |
68 | Chiang Mai | Thailand | 2024.03.31 |
69 | San Francisco | the U.S. | 2024.07.23 |
*Friendly cities refer to cities that signed MOU or Letter of Intent on strengthening cooperation with Guangzhou.
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