Statue Unveiled for 40th Anniversary of Sister-City relation with St. Louis

2019年10月15日 12:37:39 | 来源:ourjiangsu.com

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On Monday morning, the Unveiling Ceremony of Statue for the 40th anniversary of sister-city relation between Saint Louis and Nanjing was held in Hexi Urban Eco Park of Nanjing City. Let’s take a look!

On Nov. 2nd, 1979, St. Louis and Nanjing became the first pair of sister cities after the US and China established diplomatic relations. For 40 years, both official and non-governmental cooperation and communication has developed in fields of economy, education, culture and medical industry, contributing to the growth of the two cities, and benefiting their citizens.

The unveiling was attended by the delegation led by Ms. LydaCrewson, Mayor of St. Louis, and officials from Nanjing, including Mr. Zhang Jinghua, member of the standing committee of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and party secretary of CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee. Other guests who gave speeches include Mr. Neal Perryman, president of St. Louis-Nanjing Sister City Committee, and Mr. Xu Fenghua, vice director of the department of American and Oceania Affairs of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

Before the ceremony starts, the guests also viewed the exhibition of paintings and calligraphy works created by students of Nanjing No. 5 Middle School.

To Unveil the statue, the guests poured water to the opening device, symbolizing the water of Mississippi River and Yangtze River joining together.

As a part of the commemoration project for the 40th anniversary, the statue given by St. Louis as a gift was created by the well-known sculptor Harry Weber. The work was based on Adam Wainwright from the Cardinals, the baseball team of St. Louis. While Adam throws the ball in the geological direction of Missouri State, another statue with the shape of a Nanjing baseball player is standing in St. Louis, waiting to hit the ball that would fly across Pacific Ocean representing friendship.

(source:ourjiangsu.com)

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