Follow Ireland Investment Immigration and Life in Ireland: On November 26, Liu Wenxin, Deputy Secretary of the Guiyang Municipal Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, met with John Farrelly, the County Meath County Council Chairman from Ireland, and signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Friendly Cooperation between Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China and County Meath, Republic of Ireland," with plans to officially sign an international sister city agreement next year. During the talks, both parties reached a broad consensus on further strengthening exchanges between Guiyang and County Meath and conducting practical cooperation in agriculture, food, economic and trade, culture, tourism, financial services, biotechnology, and the software industry.
It is understood that since the 1980s, Ireland has vigorously developed high-tech industries such as software and biotechnology, attracting a large amount of overseas investment with a favorable investment environment, earning the title of "Silicon Valley of Europe," showcasing a dual development trend of traditional agriculture and high-tech industries. County Meath is located in the east-central region of Ireland, adjacent to the capital Dublin, with convenient transportation, an area of 2,500 square kilometers, and a population of over 180,000, possessing strong competitiveness in agriculture, food processing, modern manufacturing, and financial services.
Liu Wenxin introduced to the County Meath delegation that Guiyang City is currently making every effort to build the Zhongguancun Guiyang Science and Technology Park and accelerate the construction of a national ecological civilization demonstration city. He hopes that both parties will take the signing of the memorandum of understanding as an opportunity to further strengthen friendly exchanges and carry out comprehensive and multi-form cooperation in agriculture, food, economic and trade, tourism, culture, financial services, especially in biotechnology and the software industry, to promote fruitful results in the friendly relations between the two places, achieving mutual benefit and win-win development.