At present, our city has twinned with Mishima City of Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan, and has forged friendly exchange relationships both with Rahway City of New Jersey in the United States, and Yeosu City in South Jeolla Province in South Korea. Longquan City (a county-level city of Lishui) has established friendly exchange relationship with Gangjin County of South Korea.

Introduction of Sister Cities

Lishui City twinned with Mishima City of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Lying on the east of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, Mishima perches at the edge of Mount Fuji, which is the throat of Izu Peninsula. It is approximately 100 kilometers away from Tokyo and occupies a total area of 62.17 k㎡with 11.1 kilometers across from east to west and 13 kilometers from north to south. The city has an estimated population of 110,000. Its city tree is ginkgo and its city flower is Mishima Sakura.

The industry of Mishima City mainly centres on manufacturing business including service, construction, commerce, transportation, machinery, metals and food processing. Among its gross value of industrial output, the output value of electrical machinery occupies 30.1% and that of general machinery 16.7%. Its agricultural modernization has equally reached a high level. Its crop farming mainly produces paddy rice, potato, cabbage, carrot and flowers. Its animal husbandry raises cow, meat cattle, layer chicken and table poultry. 

In Mishima, there are 14 primary schools, 7 junior middle schools, 3 high schools and 5 universities, together with National Institute of Genetics, Nihon University College of International Relations, and Center of Railway Research and Studies.

Transportation is well developed in Mishima. In the Age of Eto Shogunate, the city was called as "Mishima Eki" because it used to be one of the 53 Ekis connecting Toyko and Kyoto. Crossing the city are two railways, that is, Donghai Railway and Shinkansen. In 1997 Shinkansen Mishima Station was built, which made the city an entrance to Izu district of tourism. Moreover, No.1 National Highway also runs through the city.

Thanks to its warm climate and predominant natural environment, Mishima has been a city with prosperous civilization since ancient times. In 1993, the city was designated as a "Model District of Water and Afforestation"  by the Land Ministry of Japan. It aims to set up an "afforested and cultural city with clean water", which centers on culture, education, residence, commerce and tourism.

On May 12, 1997, Mishima twinned with former Lishui city (now known as Liandu District).The two cities have developed exchange and cooperation through exchange visiting, holding Children Painting and Calligraphy Exhibitions, donating money for school and training students of agriculture. Lishui City, which then changed from an administrative area into a prefecture-level city, renewed the agreement of establishing sisterhood relationship with Mishima City in August, 2001. The two cities carried out a second exchange visit.

Introduction of Friendly Exchange Relation Cities

Lishui City twinned with Rahway City of New Jersey, the United States

Rahway is a city in southeastern Union County, New Jersey, lying fifteen miles southwest of Manhattan (roughly 24 kilometers). The city is situated in the coastal plain of New Jersey, with a total area of 4.1 square miles and a population of 26,500 (statistics of 2000). The average annual temperature is 51.2 ℉ (approximately 10.7 ℃), and the yearly precipitation 49 inches ( about 1,124 millimeters). Its climate resembles that of its neighbor cities—New York, Philadelphia and Boston.

The city is well-renowned for producing medicine, communication equipments, auto parts and components, cereals, musical boxes and vacuums. In Rahway most lands are for residential use and only a few are for commercial or industrial purposes.

The busy Northeast Corridor Line and the North Jersey Coast Line link the city with Newark, Manhattan, Trenton and Jersey coast inseverably. The busiest Route 1 and 9, the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike are each located about two miles outside of the city limits.

By entering into a friendly exchange relationship agreement on Feburary 10, 2003, Lishui established friendly exchange with Rahway of New Jersey in the United States officially.

Yeosu City in South Jeolla Province, South Korea

Yeosu City of South Korea, under the jurisdiction of South Jeolla Province, stands in Yeosu Peninsula at the southernmost of South Korea. It is separated from Namhae County of South Gyeongsang Province to the east by a natural waterway, with the Bay of Suncheon to the west, Namhae Sea to the south and the city of Suncheon sprawling next in the north. Old Yeocheon City, Yeosu City, Yeocheon County were merged into the unified city on April 1, 1998. It covers 497.93 square kilometers, which is populated by 330,000 residents. Yeosu City has under its jurisdiction one eup (county), 6 myeons (district) and 21 dongs (street). Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 ℃ with averagely 1,648 millimeters rainfall per year.

Yeosu city has industrial development zones including Yeosu National Industrial Complex and the Yulchon Provincial Complex etc. It will be built into a Waterfront City of Industry. Yeosu city is also an important petrochemical industry base of South Korea. Yeocheon Chemical Industry Base is a nation-level chemical industry base in South Korea, with more than 100 large-scale chemical enterprises and subsidiaries. It is a primary producer of fertilizers, purified products of petroleum and petrochemicals, and exporter of oils, synthetic resin, synthetic rubber and fertilizers to China, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan of China, Iran and Bahrain. Yeosu has seafood as a leading farm and sideline product and gains a reputation for "Seafood City" in particular. The main crops here are paddy rice, wheat, beans, vegetables and flowers and produced fruits are apples, pears and peaches.

There are 99 primary and middle schools, 2 institutions for higher learning and 1 special education school in Yeosu City.

With a long history, Yeosu is a city with an oceanic and nation-defending culture. It still preserves historical remains and relics, represented by the national treasure "Jinnamgwan", including historical spots with nation-defending culture like Seonso (Shipyard) and Heungguksa Temple, etc., and historic remains such as Dinosaur Fossil Sites designated as a natural monument, Accumulative Formation and Dolmens. It is also a reputed tourist city along the south coast, with natural attractions involving Marine National Park, Odongdo Island, Geomundo Island, Baekdo Island, Geumodo Island, Manseongri Beach and Bangjukpo Beach, and cultural tourism resources consisting of Admiral Yi Ryang Bangwaechukjebi Moment, Jeolla Left Province Navy Base, Chungminsa Shrine, Heungguksa Temple, Naval Weapon Manufacturing Place during the Japanese invasion in Jeoseon Dynasty, Turtle Ship Manufacturing Place Jujiang  and Reverend Son Yangwon Memorial Hall etc. The main cultural activities comprise "Jinnam Sacrifice" (May 3-8), "South Coast Seafood Festival" (May 3-10), and "Mt. Yeongchwi Azalea Festival"  (Mid April).

On July 21, 2005 Yeosu of South Korea and Lishui City signed an agreement of friendly exchange and cooperation relationship to set up inter-city friendly exchange and cooperative ties officially.

Longquan City twinned with Gangjin County in South Jeolla Province, South Korea

Gangjin County, a coastal hilly ground, is located in the southwest of Korea Peninsula, with convenient transportation and pleasant climate. Covering a total area of 492.8 square kilometers, the county administers one eup, 10 myeons, 112 ris, 284 villages, with a population of 51,207.

Agriculture is the backbone of Gangjin County's economy. Its economic structure shows that agriculture occupies 70%, industry 5.4%, fishery 4%, secondary industry 12.2% and others 8.4%. The county has favorable infrastructure on transportation, communication, commerce, education and medicine and has built modern agricultural gardens including rose plantation and vegetable plantation.

As a cradle of Korean celadon, its brilliant history culture stems from its celadon art. Local people boast of their Gangjin Celadon and celadon artists, and have set up celadon museum and institute. Celadon Festival, a non-governmental traditional festival, is held every August, inviting Chinese and Japanese pottery and porcelain industry insiders for participation. During the festival, solemn ceremony carries on in front of kiln; celadon-making performance is shown on the spot; various celadon products are displayed for sale; academic seminars are conducted on the theme of celadon. The county attaches great importance to a protection of agriculture and fishery ecological environment; its catering culture enjoys quite repute in South Korea; as to culture, local poet Yeongrang Kim Yun-sik is highly valued.

On April 25, 2001, the two cities agreed to and signed Agreement between Longquan City of Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China and Gangjin County of South Jeolia Province of South Korea for the establishment of Friendly Relationship. On June 26, 2008, with the ratification by Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Longquan City entered into a twinning relationship with Gangjin County of South Korea officially. On November 3 to 4, Liang Yinan, the mayor of Longquan City, led a delegation to visit Gangjin County of South Korea, and concluded an agreement with the sheriff of Gangjin County Huang Zhuhong on establishing a sister city relationship between Longquan City and Gangjin County.