中國專家幫金奈規劃城市和公路

CHENNAI: Road infrastructure in the city could soon benefit from Chinese expertise. A six-member delegation from the southwest province of Chongqing on Friday met corporation officials at Ripon Buildings, offering help in urban planning and road projects.

金奈的公路基礎設施也許能受惠於中國的技術。週五，來自重慶的6人代表團，會見了裏彭建築公司的管理人員，就城市規劃和公路項目方面提供幫助。

The meeting, faciliated by a translator, comes a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed an agreement, in the presence of mayor Saidai S Duraisamy, for a Chennai and Chongqing sister-city relationship.

而這次碰面，距離莫迪總理爲金奈和重慶建立姊妹城市關係而簽署協議過去了一年，當時金奈市長也在現場。

The two cities are governed by vastly different political systems, but urban planners believe the tie-up could still be fruitful. “The Chinese are known for high quality roads and our engineers must learn that technology,” said former urban engineering professor K P Subramanian.

兩個城市的政治制度是完全不同的，然而城市規劃者認爲這一合作仍然是富有成果的。“中國人修公路的質量是好到出名的，我們的工程師可以學習技術。”前城市工程教授Subramanian說。

“China was known for cycle traffic but that has shrunk now and they can learn from our non-motorised transport policy. This type of networking is good for the city,” he added.

“中國以環形交通而聞名，不過現在已經收縮了，他們可以學習我們的非機動交通政策。這種類型的網絡對城市是有利的。”

Bilateral ties have been growing sturdier with China’s proposal to set up a consulate in the city. Apart from the Chennai metro rail project, China was also collaborating on developing a high speed rail link between Delhi and Chennai and on increasing speed of the Chennai-Mysuru rail line.

隨着中國提議在金奈設立一座領事館，雙邊關係也越來越牢固。除了金奈地鐵項目，中國也在與印度合作修建一條連接德里至金奈的高鐵，以及對金奈至邁索爾的鐵路進行提速。

Hyderabad and Aurangabad are sister cities of Qingdao and Dunhuang, while Karnataka has provincial relations with the government of Sichuan through a sister-state pact.

海德拉巴和奧蘭加巴德，分別是青島和敦煌的姊妹城市，而卡納塔克邦和四川省建立了省級姊妹關係。

The sister city movement has grown in leaps and bounds from the time it was founded in 1956 by United States president Dwight D Eisenhower during a White House conference to enhance city-to-city relationships culturally and commercially.

自從美國總統艾森豪威爾於1956年在一次白宮會議上首次創立以來，姊妹城市關係運動取得了跳躍式發展。姊妹城市關係旨在加強城市之間在文化和商業上的關係。.