​List of Friendly Cities

Guangzhou has forged friendly-city ties with 64 cities worldwide.

NO.

City

Country

Date

1

Salvador

Brazil

1996.04.09

2

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam

1996.04.14

3

Oita

Japan

1997.10.09

4

Khabarovsk

Russia

1997.10.15

5

Guam

the United States of America

2002.03.28

6

Melbourne

Australia

2003.04.09

7

Alexandria

Egypt

2003.07.17

8

Barcelona

Spain

2003.10.29

9

Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan

2004.12.01

10

Havana

Republic of Cuba

2005.06.15

11

Dusseldorf

Germany

2006.07.25

12

Mexico City

Mexico

2010.11.19

13

Huston

the United States of America

2012.04.09

14

Milan

Italy

2012.07.25

15

Prague

The Czech Republic

2013.04.25

16

Binh Duong

Vietnam

2013.08.22

17

Coimbra

Portugal

2013.10.20

18

Inchon

Republic of Korea

2013.12.06

19

Phnom Penh

Kingdom of Cambodia

2013.12.13

20

Saint Petersburg

Russia

2014.01.12

21

Tbilisi

Georgia

2014.01.13

22

Boston

the United States of America

2014.08.28

23

Suva

Republic of Fiji

2015.06.01

24

Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2015.07.23

25

Victoria

Republic of Seychelles

2015.11.12

26

Bogota

Republic of Columbia

2016.10.14

27

Genoa

Italy

2016.12.07

28

Montreal

Canada

2017.06.20

29

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Israel

2017.09.04

30

Piraeus

Greece

2017.09.07

31

Tirana

Albania

2017.09.11

32

Padova

Italy

2017.10.30

33

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

2018.05.28

34

Gorgan

Iran

2018.12.07

35

Ayia Napa

Cyprus

2018.12.07

36

Montevideo

Uruguay

2019.04.06

37

Ankara

Turkey

2019.07.11

38

Oakland

the United States of America

2019.07.18

39

Darwin

Australia

2019.10.25

40

Brazzaville

Republic of Congo

2019.11.01

41

Dhofar

Oman

2019.11.01

42

Edinburgh

the United Kingdom

2019.11.01

43

Busan

Republic of Korea

2019.11.01

44

Heidelberg

Germany

2019.12.15

45

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

2020.01.16

46

Kyiv

Ukraine

2020.09.02

47

Jena

Germany

2020.10.12

48

Penan

Malaysia

2020.11.11

49

Panama City

Panama

2020.11.11

50

Turin

Italy

2021.02.08

51

Dakar

Senegal

2021.03.12

52

Praia

Cabo Verde

2021.04.21

53

Zaragoza

Spain

2021.07.13

54

Jambi City

Indonesia

2021.07.26

55

Wuppertal

Germany

2021.07.30

56

Maardu

Estonia

2021.08.30

57

Tivat

Montenegro

2021.09.14

58

Minsk

Belarus

2021.09.28

59

Novosibirsk

Russia

2021.09.28

60

Kherson

Ukraine

2021.10.12

61

Lahore

Pakistan

2021.11.01

62

Pest

Hungary

2021.11.24

63

Tehran

The Islamic Republic of Iran

2022.03.17

64

Kingston

Jamaica

2023.02.09

*Friendly cities refer to cities that signed MOU or Letter of Intent on strengthening cooperation with Guangzhou

Source: This list is from the Guangzhou Municipality Foreign Affairs Office website and is periodically updated.

http://www.eguangzhou.gov.cn/2023-02/22/c_860708.htm