SHANGHAI Party Secretary Han Zheng met visiting New Zealand Governor-General Jerry Mateparae yesterday and welcomed his visit on behalf of 24 million Shanghai people.

Han noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to New Zealand last November was successful and the two countries upgraded their relationship to comprehensive strategic partnership.

He said Shanghai has frequent exchanges with New Zealand and has been the sister city of Dunedin for more than 20 years. The two cities cooperated extensively in economy, trade, science and technology, and education.