The China Post
Date: August 25, 2016
By: CNA
KAOHSIUNG — None of the five Chinese cities invited to an international forum organized by
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, third left, presents a certificate of appreciation to a sponsor of the Global Harbor Cities Forum at the forum’s pre-show press conference in the southern port city on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The event will be held from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8. (CNA)
Kaohsiung have provided a response on whether they will attend the event, the city’s Deputy Mayor Hsu Li-ming said Wednesday.
Kaohsiung sent out invitations to Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Fuzhou in June for the Global Harbor Cities Forum it initiated and will host Sept. 6-8, but the five cities have neither confirmed nor rejected the invitation, Hsu told reporters at the city’s press conference held for the forum.
During the press event held with the forum’s sponsors, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) said 47 cities in 25 countries have confirmed their attendance of the three-day event that will cover issues such as industrial transformation, marine tourism and sustainable development.
With the exception of Shanghai, the mayors or deputy mayors of the four other Chinese cities have traveled to Kaohsiung when the southern port city hosted the Asia Pacific Cities Summit in 2013, and the city government approached the Chinese cities in the same manner this year, Hsu said. [FULL STORY]