The sister cities of Chennai and Chongqing are all set to focus on solid waste management, monorail, education and development of automobile manufacturing.
Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan met Chennai Mayor Saidai Duraisamy on Friday at Ripon Buildings. He invited delegates from Chennai for the China International Friendship Cities Conference 2016 to be held in Chongqing from November 9 to 11.
Mr. Duraisamy stressed the need for using technology adopted in Chongqing to deal with solid waste management in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi.
Delegates from Chongqing discussed various welfare measures such as Amma Canteens. Chennai has 307 Amma canteens, offering food to more than two lakh residents per day.
Officials from Chongqing are likely to study the welfare scheme for implementation.
The sister city agreement between Chennai and Chongqing was signed in 2015.
Located on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Chongqing is the only municipality directly under the Central government in central and western China. Greater Chennai Corporation officials will study aspects of local administration and civic infrastructure development in Chongqing. Students from universities in Chennai will benefit from the development of the robotics industry in Chongqing.
“Chongqing serves as a pivot of China’s grand development campaign of the western regions and also a tie point of ‘one belt one road’ and the Yangtze River economic belt,” said Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan.
“We are looking forward to meeting officials from Chennai for mutual development,” he said.
