International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in China Twin towns — sister cities

In 1979, Chengdu signed a sister city agreement with Montpellier, France, the first pair of Sino-French sister cities. Later Chengdu signed sister city agreements with cities in ten countries, as well as signing a friendly region agreement with the Dalarna province in Sweden. Chengdu has had many friendly exchanges with the sister cities. Montpellier, for example, has a Chengdu Street and a Chengdu Plaza. The soccer team Chengdu Blades is owned by Sheffield United F.C.

Baku, Azerbaijan Montpellier, France; since 1979 Ljubljana, Slovenia; since 1981 Linz, Austria; since 1983 Kofu, Japan; since 1983 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Phoenix, Arizona, United States; since 1986 Winnipeg, Canada; since 1988 Mechelen, Belgium; since 1993 Volgograd, Russia; since 1994 Saint Petersburg, Russia; since 1998 Palermo, Italy; since 1999 Gimcheon, South Korea; since 2000 Medan, Indonesia; since 2001 Dalarna (province), Sweden; since 2004 Bonn, Germany; since 2009 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 2011 Flemish Brabant (province), Belgium; since 2011 Maastricht, Netherlands, since 2012 Perth, Australia, since 2012 Horsens, Denmark, since 2012