美国14个州驻华代表机构组团成功访渝

4月26日至29日，应市政府外办邀请，美国阿肯色州、纽约州、爱达荷州、南卡罗莱纳州、伊利诺伊州等14个州的驻华代表机构组成代表团访问重庆。

4月27日，市政府外办组织举行重庆市与美国各州驻华代表机构经贸合作交流会。市政府外办副主任唐文主持会议，本市相关部门、区县及商协会代表共计近70人出席。会上，有关部门负责人分别介绍了重庆市内陆开放高地建设、先进制造业发展等情况。美国各州代表分别推介所在州情况，共商未来合作。

“中美关系对全球稳定繁荣的重要性超过任何两国关系，中美关系成功将相互受益。”美国驻华大使馆商务官员罗博汉表示，美国州市地方政府重视开展对华经贸交流，各州驻华代表的重庆之行对此充分印证。

唐文表示，地方政府间合作是中美友好的重要组成部分，希望开启重庆市与美国14个州的地方交流新篇章，助力各方探寻更广阔商机，实现互利共赢。

在渝期间，代表团还先后前往渝中区、九龙坡区、江北区实地考察，深入了解重庆的区位优势、国际贸易合作概况以及参与“一带一路”建设和成渝地区双城经济圈建设等情况。渝中区、九龍坡区和江北区政府还分别组织了座谈交流会，各区相关区领导出席活动。

From April 26 to 29， at the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government， a delegation of 14 representative offices of the US in China， including Arkansas， New York， Idaho， South Carolina， Illinois， visited Chongqing.

On April 27， the Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government organized a meeting on economic and trade cooperation and exchange between Chongqing and the representative offices of various American states in China. Tang Wen， deputy director general of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government， presided over the meeting， with nearly 70 representatives from relevant departments， districts， counties and business associations of the city present. At the meeting， heads of relevant departments respectively introduced the construction of inland opening-up high ground and the development of advanced manufacturing industry in Chongqing. The representatives of each American state introduced the profile of their respective state and discussed future cooperation.

"China-US relations are more important to global stability and prosperity than any bilateral relations， and the success of China-US relations will benefit each other." said by Hanes Roberts， Commercial official of US Embassy in China. He said that the America state and municipal governments attached importance to economic and trade exchanges with China. The trip to Chongqing by the representatives of various American states in China has fully demonstrated this point.

Tang Wen said that cooperation between local governments is an important component of China-US amity. He hoped to start a new chapter in local exchanges between Chongqing and 14 American states， propel all parties to explore broader business opportunities and realize mutual benefit and win-win.

During their stay in Chongqing， the delegation successively carried out field visits to Yuzhong District， Jiulongpo District and Jiangbei District， deeply learnt about Chongqing's regional advantages， international trade cooperation， and the construction of BRI and Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle. The governments of Yuzhong District， Jiulongpo District and Jiangbei District also organized talks respectively， and the heads of relevant districts attended these events.