MAYOR Ying Yong met his counterpart from Dunedin, New Zealand, on Tuesday and told the visiting mayor Dave Cull that the two countries have cooperated well after they upgraded their relationship to comprehensive strategic partnership in 2014.

“Shanghai and Dunedin have been sister cities for 23 years. Both enjoy fruitful exchanges and cooperation,” Ying said.

He remarked that Shanghai is working hard to become an international center of economy, finance, trade and shipping by 2020, achieve core functions of a global innovation center by 2030, and develop into a global metropolis by 2040.