重庆的国际“朋友圈”：重庆市与白俄罗斯明斯克州正式缔结友好市州关系

□文、图/李明全

重庆的国际“朋友圈”：重庆市与白俄罗斯明斯克州正式缔结友好市州关系

□文、图/李明全

重庆市副市长刘桂平（右）与明斯克州州长沙比罗共同签署协议。

3月24日，重庆市副市长刘桂平应邀率团访问白俄罗斯明斯克州，会见了明斯克州州长沙比罗，并代表重庆市政府与沙比罗州长正式签署了《中华人民共和国重庆市与白俄罗斯共和国明斯克州建立友好市州关系协议书》。

此次重庆市与白俄罗斯明斯克州正式缔结友好市州关系，将有利于进一步提升双方的友好合作水平，促进重庆市内陆开放高地建设，对打造渝新欧友好城市带、加快重庆市融入国家“一带一路”战略及配合国家对外工作大局等具有重要意义。

明斯克州位于白俄罗斯中部，地理位置十分优越，位于白俄罗斯的中心地带，面积4.02万平方公里，占白俄罗斯领土面积的20%，下辖20个市、22个农业区、22个镇，是白俄罗斯省级行政区划中面积最大、工农业经济最发达的地区，现有人口160万，首府明斯克市。

明斯克州的自然资源丰富，主要包括甲盐、石盐、泥炭、铁矿、可燃页岩、粘土、矿泉水、油页岩、建筑沙土等资源。森林木材储备2.29亿立方米。白俄罗斯最高的山脉捷尔任斯基山就位于该州。共有450多条河流，大约500座水库，流经的主要河流包括涅曼河、别列季那河和维利亚河。最大的湖泊为那诺奇湖，湖泊方圆面积80平方公里，最大水深24.8米。明斯克州是白俄罗斯工业和农业经济最发达的地区，其工业在经济领域中占主导地位，主要包括机械制造、仪表、化工、电子、食品及其他轻工产业。白俄罗斯的钾肥生产全部集中在明斯克州，金属粉末产量占全国的76.1%，通心粉产品占70.7%，砂糖占57.6%，针织品占48.6%。白俄罗斯许多的大型工业企业及其分厂就设在该州。知名企业包括白俄罗斯汽车厂、白俄罗斯钾肥生产联合企业、明斯克拖拉机厂、鲍里索夫市汽车拖拉机电气设备股份公司、鲍里索夫市医药制剂厂、莫洛杰奇诺机床制造厂、鲍里索夫塑料制品厂、鲍里索夫市造纸厂、鲍里索夫木材生产股份公司、斯鲁兹方糖股份公司等等。白俄罗斯44.7%的出口产品就在该州生产，主要出口产品包括机械设备和钾肥等。该州生产的钾肥、自卸载重车、亚麻纤维制品等在国际市场上享有盛誉。明斯克州农业生产较发达，农作物种植面积327万公顷，主要包括牛奶、粮食、甜菜、土豆等。农产品加工生产能力在白俄罗斯位居首位。明斯克州是白俄罗斯的科教中心之一，白俄罗斯许多大学、科研机构和文化机构就位于该州。

中白互为战略合作伙伴，两国地方合作方兴未艾。明斯克州重视发展同中国的友好合作关系。目前中白两国间最大的合作项目—中白“巨石”工业园就位于明斯克州，“渝新欧”中欧班列途经该州。近年来，重庆以渝新欧国际铁路大通道为纽带和依托，在深化与沿线国经贸物流交通合作的同时，主动服务和促进了我市与白俄罗斯等国的地方交往，地方友好合作纵深发展，民间友好基础更加巩固。正如中国驻白俄罗斯大使崔启明所强调指出的那样，在中国深化与“一带一路”沿线国全方位交往、打造牢不可破利益共同体的大背景下，重庆主动加强与白俄罗斯明斯克州的友好交往，正当其时，两市州正式结好，强强联合，这在中白地方友好合作方面具有里程碑意义。

（作者单位：重庆市人民政府外事侨务办公室欧非处）

Liu Guiping, Deputy Mayor of Chongqing was invited to visit Minsk Oblast, Belarus with a delegation and met Shapiro, Governor of Minsk Oblast with a formal signature of the “Agreement by Chongqing Municipality of People’s Republic of China and Minsk Oblast of the Republic of Byelorussia to Build Friendly Municipality-State Relations”.

The friendly municipality-state relationship between these two places plays an important role in the improvement of friendly cooperation between the two sides to promote the development of inland open and highland construction in Chongqing to create Chongqing-Sinkiang-Europe sister cities belt and to speed up the integration of national the Belt and Road Initiative to cooperate with the overall situation of the state.

With an ideal geographic location, Minsk Oblast is situated in the middle of Belarus—the heartland of this state—and covers 40 thousand and 2 hundred square kilometers, which accounts for the 20 percent of Belarus.There are 20 cities, 22 agricultural areas and 22 towns under the management of Minsk Oblast which also represents the place with the largest administrative area and the most developed industrial and agricultural economy in the provincial level of Belarus.Minsk is the capital of this state with 1.6 million people.

Minsk Oblast is the home to many natural resources like sylvite, halite, peat, iron ore, burnable bone, clay, mineral water, oil shale, building sand and 229 million cubic meters of forest timber reserve.With the highest mountain—Mount Dzerzhinskiy—of Belarus, Minsk Oblast also has over 450 rivers mainly including Neman River, Berezin River and Vilia River and about 500 reservoirs.The biggest lake is Knoch Lake, which covers 80 square kilometers, with maximum water depth of up to24.8 m.

As the most economically developed area of industry and agriculture in Belarus, Minsk Oblast gives priority to cultivate its industries mainly including machinery manufacturing, instrumentation, chemical industry, electronics, food and other light industries.The production of all Belarus’ potash fertilizer concentrates on Minsk Oblast where the production of metal dust, macaroni, granulated sugar and knitwear accounts for the 76.1%, 70.7%, 57.6% and 48.6% respectively of the state.

There are many Belorussian large industrial enterprises and its branches like Belarus Automobile Factory, Belarus Potash Production Joint Venture, Minsk tractor Factory, Borisov Automobile and Tractor Electrical Equipment Corporation, Borisov Pharmaceutical Factory, Molodechno Machine Tool Manufacturing Plant, Borisov Plastic Products Factory and Paper Mill, Borisov Wood Production Corporation, Garl Schurz Sugar Co.Ltd.

44.7 percent of export products are produced in Minsk Oblast including machinery and potash fertilizer.Products like potash fertilizer, self-unloading heavy truck, fl ax fiber products, produced in this, enjoy a high reputation in international market.With a well developed agricultural production, Minsk Oblast has planted 3 million 270 thousand hectares of crops and related product like milk, grain, sugar beet and potato and its processing capacity for agricultural products also occupies the first place in Belarus.As one of the technological and educational centers, there are many universities, research institutions and cultural institutions in this place.

As strategic partners, the local cooperation between China and Belarus is still making progress.Minsk Oblast also gives priority to grow up the friendly cooperation with China.The largest cooperative projects—China-Belarus “Rock” Industrial Park—of both sides at present is in this place and the Chongqing-Sinkiang-Europe trains also will go through Minsk Oblast.

Recently, supported by Chongqing-Sinkiang-Europe International Railway, Chongqing intends to deepen economic and trade cooperation with the logistics sector, to actively service and promote the local exchanges between countries like Belarus to develop the local friendly cooperation in depth and breadth and consolidate the foundation of civil friendship at the same time.As Cui Qiming, the Chinese ambassador to Belarus emphasized that, when China is deepening all-round communication with countries along the Belt and Road Initiative to create a strong community of interests, in the nick of time, Chongqing actively strengthen friendly exchanges with Minsk Oblast, Belarus.To realize the alliance between gaints, the relationship between Chongqing and Minsk Oblast plays as a milestone to the local friendly cooperation between China and Belarus.

(Author Affiliation: European and African Department, Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government)

Chongqing’s International Circle of Friends: friendly municipality-state relationship between Chongqing and Minsk Oblast was formally established

□ Article/Pictures Li Mingquan