SHANGHAI Mayor Ying Yong met Pawin Chamniprasat, visiting governor of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, on May 22.

Ying said China and Thailand are good neighbors with long and close friendship. Shanghai and Chiang Mai have enjoyed cooperation in tourism, culture, science and technology and public administration since they became sister cities in 2000.

He said Shanghai is keen to expand economic and trade ties with Chiang Mai and increase exchanges of public servants and young people within the framework of China-Thailand comprehensive strategic partnership and the Belt and Road Initiative.