中国重庆市与巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省签订建立友好省市关系谅解备忘录

Chongqing Municipality, China and Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)on establishing sister relationship, an effort to promote friendly cooperation between the two sides in terms of economy, education, culture,agriculture, tourism, and technical assistance.

Papua New Guinea (PNG), an extension of the 21stCentury Maritime Silk Road, is the first country in the Pacific Island region to sign a MOU for cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with China, and an important partner of China in the South Pacific region. Morobe Province,located in the central part of PNG, is a relatively developed province. Lae,its capital city, is the second-largest city in PNG and an important industrial center, enjoying a nationwide leading position in manufacturing, fish processing, and mining industries.

Chongqing Municipal Commission of Health has volunteered to implement the task assigned by National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China to provide medical assistance to PNG, dispatching a total of 12 medical teams to PNG since 2002. In November, 2020, Chongqing,under the support of the Chinese Embassy to Papua New Guinea, provided anti-epidemic supplies and medical services to Port Moresby General Hospital as part of China’s assistance for PNG’s battle against COVID-19.

2022年10月，中国重庆市与巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省正式签订建立友好省市关系谅解备忘录，推进双方在经济、教育、文化、农业、旅游、技术援助等方面的友好合作。

巴布亚新几内亚地处21世纪海上丝绸之路自然延伸，是太平洋岛国地区首个同中方签署共建“一带一路”合作协议的国家，是中国在南太平洋地区的重要合作伙伴。莫罗贝省位于巴布亚新几内亚中部，是经济较为发达的省份。其首府莱城是巴布亚新几内亚第二大城市、工业重镇，其制造业、渔业加工、矿产业都居于全国领先地位。

2002年重庆市卫生健康委主动请缨，承担国家卫生健康委员会下达的派遣中国援巴布亚新几内亚医疗队任务，现已累计向巴布亚新几内亚派驻12批医疗队。2020年11月在中国驻巴布亚新几内亚大使馆支持下，重庆市向莫尔斯比港总医院捐赠医疗防疫物资，帮助巴布亚新几内亚抗击新冠肺炎疫情。

Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省。

Inauguration of Confucius Institute in Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Unitech)巴布亚新几内亚科技大学孔子学院揭牌。

Activities at Rural Community by Confucius Institute of Unitech巴布亚新几内亚科技大学孔子学院走进乡村社区开展活动。

Books donated by Chongqing Library to Confucius Institute at Unitech重庆图书馆向巴布亚新几内亚科技大学孔子学院捐赠图书。

The first Confucius Institute in PNG was inaugurated in Lae,Morobe Province in February 2021, jointly established by Chongqing Normal University and the Papua New Guinea University of Technology(Unitech). PNG’s Governor General, Sir Bob Dadae, attended the inaugural ceremony and announced its establishment.

In 2022, Chongqing Library set up the Chongqing overseas book corner at the Confucius Institute at Unitech, donating 300 books to present China and Chongqing.

Chongqing will continue to expand new fields and explore new vision for cooperation with Morobe Province, scale up people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and conduct all-dimensional, wide-ranging and multi-level bilateral exchanges and cooperation.

Source/Chongqing Foreign Affairs Official WeChat Account

2021年2月，重庆师范大学与位于莫罗贝省的巴布亚新几内亚科技大学合作建立的巴布亚新几内亚第一所孔子学院正式揭牌，巴国家元首达达埃总督出席仪式并宣布成立。

2022年重庆图书馆在巴布亚新几内亚科技大学孔子学院设立重庆海外图书角，向其捐赠图书300册，介绍中国和重庆。

重庆将继续拓展与莫罗贝省合作新领域、新前景，扩大人文往来，推进双方交流合作全方位、宽领域、多层次发展。