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On the proposal of Mayor László Papp, the General Assembly of Debrecen approved the conclusion of twinning agreements with the Chinese cities of Tianjin and Ningde. Debrecen currently has one Chinese twin city, Tongliao.
Debrecen has 19 twin cities: Brno (Czech Republic), Cattolica (Italy), Jyväskylä (Finland), Klaipeda (Lithuania), County Limerick (Ireland), Lublin (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Oradea (Romania), New Brunswick (USA), Paderborn (Germany), Patras (Greece), Rishon Lezion (Israel), Setubal (Portugal), Sumen (Bulgaria), St. Petersburg (Russia), Siktivkar (Russia), Taitung (Taiwan), Toluca (Mexico) and Tongliao (China).
Debrecen has a rich Chinese-Hungarian relationship in education and culture. In China, the study of Hungarian has recently become a trend, with the number of universities offering Hungarian language courses increasing from 1 to 11 in recent years, and more and more Chinese students are interested in Hungarian language and culture.
In 2018, the Tianjin Foreign Studies University and the University of Debrecen signed a cooperation agreement to establish the Debrecen Confucius Institute, which has been supported by the Tianjin Municipality from the very beginning and has been enriched with cultural programmes since its establishment.
Tianjin is located in the Chinese Plain, part of the North China regional division, on the western coast of the North Sea. It is surrounded on all sides by the province of Hopej, with the exception of the eastern direction, where it shares a border with Beijing for about 120 kilometres. According to the 2011 census, the population of Tianjin city and its surrounding areas was 13.54 million. The area of the city as we know it today was once a swampy marshland, mostly due to the Yellow River, which has changed its bed at least three times in history. Tianjin’s large population makes it a dominant feature of China’s urban network, but its proximity to Beijing means that its reach is less extensive to the northwest. Together with Beijing, they form the most populous metropolitan area in northern China. Since 2007, Tianjin and Talien have alternated hosting the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos” and Tianjin hosted the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference.
Ningde, also known as Mindong, is a prefecture-level city on the northeastern coast of Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China. According to the 2010 census, Ningde has a population of 3,393,698. The city is ranked 2nd in the China Integrated City Index 2016 environmental ranking. At the prefecture level, Ningde City administers 1 district, 2 cities, 6 counties, and 124 towns, villages and sub-counties. Ningde Prefecture, spanning 13,500 km, is a mountainous province with a 200 km coastline and warm climate. Its agricultural exports include mushrooms, tea, and fruits, showcasing its fertile soil. Ningde’s abundant hydropower resources provide a competitive edge in the metallurgy industry and significantly power the local and metropolitan areas of Fuzhou and Wenzhou. Ningde’s folk arts are varied and colourful, with the most prominent being the bantieji parade, puppet lion dance and paper arts. The Ningde UNESCO Global Geopark was established in 2015 in the volcanic region of the coastline, which includes the scenic areas of Baishuiyang, Taimushan and Baiyunshan.
Source:dehir.hu
