Anniversary for Iowa, Hebei ties
Updated: 2013-10-25 11:19
(China Daily USA)
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Zhou Benshun, Party secretary of Hebei province, led a large delegation in Iowa from Oct 20-22 to mark the 30th anniversary of the sister state relationship between Hebei and Iowa.
Zhou and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad vowed to continue building the relationship, which has proved mutually beneficial over many years. The connection between the two regions was highlighted last year during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who first traveled to Iowa in 1985 as a county leader and returned as vice-president last year.
Zhou's trip culminated with businesses from both Iowa and Hebei inking 20 memorandums of understanding on Tuesday in the fields of agriculture, trade, tourism, education, machinery and new energy.
China is now Iowa's fourth largest export market, with one in four rows of soybeans grown in the state sold to China.
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Zhou Benshun, Party chief of Hebei province, shares a laugh with Sarah Lande of Muscatine, Iowa, during a boat tour along the Mississippi River. Lande hosted current Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visited Muscatine in 1985 as Party chief of Zhengding county of Hebei province. Photos by Chen Weihua / China Daily |
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Sarah Lande shares photos of her trip to China with Zhou Benshun, who visited her on Monday. |
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DeWayne Hopkins, mayor of Muscatine, Iowa, speaks on Sunday at the opening of a photo exhibition featuring 90 photos of Chinese landscapes taken by Bai Runzhang, who visited Muscatine in 1985 with Chinese President Xi Jinping, then the Party chief of Zhengding county, Hebei province. The exhibit marked the beginning of a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Hebei province and Iowa. To DeWayne's left are Sarah Lande and interpreter Albert Liu. To deWayne's right is the mayor's granddaughter Addison Hopkins. |
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Zhou Benshun poses for a photo in Muscatine, Iowa, on Monday, with students from Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Hebei province. The students are in the middle of a 15-day educational visit to the US. |
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Zhou Benshun visits Kimberley Farms Inc in Maxwell, Iowa on Monday. From his immediate left are Rick Kimberley; his wife Martha; son Grant; grandson Austin; and daughter-in-law Natalie. |
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Zhou Benshun and Iowa State Governor Terry Branstad, applaud as they observe a signing ceremony of 21 cooperative agreements between Hebei and Iowa valued at $1.5 billion, on Tuesday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa. |
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Zhou Benshun tours the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday after attending a breakfast meeting to discuss education exchanges between Iowa and Hebei. To Zhou's right are Drake University Provost Deneese Jones, and the school's China Cultural Exchange Program Director Kirk Martin. |
(China Daily USA 10/25/2013 page12)
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