SHANGHAI Mayor Yang Xiong met with his Seoul counterpart Park Won-soon and Jeju Province Governor Won Hui-ryong yesterday as they led a South Korean tourism delegation to Shanghai.

Yang spoke highly of South Korean authorities’ efforts to contain the spread of MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) and said he believed their country’s tourism and other industries will recover as the epidemic is over.

He said China and the Republic of Korea have good relationship and have signed a free trade agreement recently for closer cooperation in economy and trade. Shanghai also has agreements with Seoul Special City and Jeju Province for exchange and cooperation in various fields. Shanghai companies are encouraged to invest in Korea.