Chen Qiang, the mayor of Huangshan, and M. Magnin-Feysot, the vice president of the Franche-Comte parliament, attended the signing ceremony of a memorandum of work plan for the China-France Huizhou (Huangshan) Anhui Village Tour Cooperative Demonstration Project (2009-2010).

Franche-Comte and Huangshan established a cooperative relationship in 2007, and have made great progress in the village tour project in the past two years. The ceremony marked a new stage of their cooperation.

Xu Jianmin, the deputy mayor of Huizhou, stated at the ceremony that the memorandum has defined a future work plan. He added he hoped that the two parties would cooperate closely in building a village tour demonstration area, a village hotel showcase, and an environmental protection model area.

Magnin-Feysot added that Franche-Comte will strengthen its cooperation with Huangshan City in education and training, environmental protection and tourism promotion.

(China Hospitality News April 16, 2009)