About the Wellington Xiamen Association
The Wellington Xiamen Association Committee is:
- President
- David Tai
- Vice-President
- Chris Lipscombe
- Secretary
- Rosemary Jones
- Treasurer
- Bobby Ng
- Other committee members
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- Mary Busch
- Jenny Dey
- Elena
- Pan Fox
- Jing Luo
- Rosalind Young
- Tom Yuan — WCC representative
Background to Wellington Xiamen Association
Wellington has a sister-city relationship with the Chinese city of Xiamen, which goes back two decades.
In the early 1980's the Wellington City Council initiated enquiries with the Chinese Embassy about establishing sister-city links with China following a very successful visit there by the then Prime Minister of New Zealand. During that visit the Chinese Premier referred to the much-treasured friendship between the two countries commenting that there was great potential for bilateral co-operation with New Zealand in areas such as trade, science and culture.
Chinese authorities suggested that Xiamen would be suitable as a sister-city because of similarities between the two cities, and also because Xiamen had recently been given Special Economic Zone status, designed to encourage foreign investment and trade. During a ten-day visit here in 1987 by Xiamen officials the Mayors of both cities signed a Friendship City Agreement at a reception in Wellington's Council Chamber.
The Wellington Xiamen Association (WXA) was established in 1998 to support and encourage the initiative and has been instrumental in developing a healthy and interactive relationship between the two cities. The Association's primary objective has been to increase Wellingtonians' awareness of the link with Xiamen, actively promoting programmes involving, official visits as well as educational, cultural and trade visits and exchanges.
Email info@xiamen.wellington.net.nz. Or write to the Secretary — Wellington Xiamen Association, PO Box 28 088, Wellington
Newsletters
- Newsletter September 2008 (200Kb Word file).
- Newsletter September 2007 (3.7Mb Word file).
- Newsletter May 2007 (1.2Mb Word file)
or Newsletter May 2007 (1.3Mb PDF). - Newsletter December 2006 (110Kb Word file)
or Newsletter December 2006 (150Kb PDF).
Kerry Prendergast
Mayor of Wellington
Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast
(Patron of the Wellington Xiamen Association)
