Kalmar County , Sweden September 2005
Montpellier , France (22 June 1981)
Linz , Austria (6 July 1983)
Kofu, Yamanashi , Japan (27 September 1984)
Phoenix , United States (13 May 1987)[ 24]
Winnipeg , Canada (25 February 1988)
Palermo , Italy (3 December 1999)
Gimcheon , South Korea (7 November 2000)
Medan , Indonesia (17 December 2002)
Dalarna , Sweden (27 April 2004)
Sheffield , United Kingdom (23 March 2010)
Flemish Brabant , Flanders , Belgium (27 May 2011)
Volgograd , Russia (27 May 2011)
Maastricht , Netherlands (13 September 2012)
Bengaluru , India (23 October 2013)[ 15]
Perth, Western Australia , Australia[ 25] (24 November 2010)
Knoxville, Tennessee , United States[citation needed ]
Baku , Azerbaijan
Saint Petersburg , Russia
Valencia , Spain
Laredo , United States (7 May 2001)[ 26]
Incheon , South Korea
Hiroshima , Japan (1986)
Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan
Chiang Mai Province , Thailand
Bangkok , Thailand
Shiraz , Fars Province , Iran
City of Brisbane , Australia (October 2005)[ 27]
Voronezh , Russia
Vladimir , Russia
Zaporizhia , Ukraine
Trikala , Thessaly Region , Greece
Sør-Trøndelag , Norway
Düsseldorf , Germany
Toulouse , France
Leicester , United Kingdom
Mombasa , Kenya
Gaborone , Botswana
Edmonton , Canada
Guelph , Canada
Toronto , Canada (Partnership City)
Waterloo (Twin City)
New York City , United States [ 28]
Vacaville , United States
Seattle , United States (14 June 1982)[ 29]
Detroit, Michigan , United States
Córdoba , Argentina
Chennai , India (15 May 2015)[ 30]
Bakersfield, California , United States (13 April 1996)[ 31]
Rosh HaAyin , Israel [citation needed ]
D
Szczecin , Poland
Glasgow , Scotland, United Kingdom
Kitakyūshū , Japan
Le Havre , France
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Ohrid , Macedonia
Bremen , Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , Germany
Incheon , South Korea
Oakland , California , USA
Houston , Texas , USA
Rostock , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany
Maizuru , Japan
Vladivostok , Russia
Pointe-Noire , Republic of Congo
Bahía Blanca , Argentina
Enschede , Netherlands
Wilmington , United States (16 April 1987)[ 32]
Vierzon , France[citation needed ]
Aurangabad, Maharashtra , India (15 May 2015)[ 30]
E
Sanjō , Japan[citation needed ]
F
Domestic
International
Bucheon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea (June 2007)
Yubari, Hokkaido , Japan (April 1982)
Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture , Japan (April 1982)
Lipa Batangas Province , Philippines (April 1995)
Kokkola , Central Ostrobothnia , Finland (1994)
Alanya , Antalya Province , Turkey
Arad, Crișana Region , Romania (July 1994)
Gladbeck , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany (August 1988)
Foster City, California , United States (November 1995)
Gary , United States[citation needed ]
Naha, Okinawa , Japan (June 1981)
Nagasaki, Nagasaki , Japan (October 1980)
Guangyang , Jeollanam-do , South Korea (September 2009)
Shoalhaven , New South Wales , Australia (October 2003)
Koszalin , West Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland (May 2007)
Tacoma, Washington , United States (November 1994)
Syracuse, New York , United States (August 1991)
Mombasa , Kenya (May 2008)
Georgetown, Guyana (May 2006)
Campinas , São Paulo State , Brazil (November 1996)
Port Louis , Mauritius [citation needed ]
G
McAllen , United States[citation needed ]
Country
City
Geographical location
Date
Japan
Fukuoka
Fukuoka
May 2, 1979
United States
Los Angeles [citation needed ]
California
December 8, 1981
Philippines
Manila
Metro Manila
November 5, 1982
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
March 27, 1985[ 33]
Australia
Sydney [ 34]
New South Wales
May 12, 1986
Italy
Bari
Bari
November 12, 1986
France
Lyon
Rhône
January 19, 1988
Germany
Frankfurt
Hessen
April 11, 1988
New Zealand
Auckland [ 12]
Auckland
February 17, 1989
South Korea
Gwangju
Metropolitan city
October 25, 1996[ 35]
Sweden
Linköping
Östergötland
November 24, 1997
South Africa
Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
July 17, 2000
United Kingdom
Bristol
England
May 23, 2001
Russia
Yekaterinburg
Sverdlovsk
July 10, 2002
Peru
Arequipa
Arequipa
October 27, 2004
Czech Republic
Prague
Prague
2010[ 36]
Indonesia
Surabaya
East Java
December 21, 2005
Lithuania
Vilnius
Vilnius
October 12, 2006
United Kingdom
Birmingham
England
December 4, 2006
Sri Lanka
Hambantota
Hambantota
February 27, 2007
Brazil
Recife
Pernambuco
October 22, 2007
Finland
Tampere
Pirkanmaa
December 2, 2008
Thailand
Bangkok
Bangkok
November 13, 2009[ 37]
The Netherlands
Rotterdam
South-Holland
November 18, 2010
Argentina
Buenos Aires
April 16, 2012
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Dubai
April 18, 2012
Kuwait
Kuwait City
April 25, 2012
Russia
Kazan
Tatarstan
July 6, 2012
Malaysia
Petaling Jaya
Selangor
August 24, 2012[ 38] [ 39]
India
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
September 2014[ 40]
Wanneroo , Australia[citation needed ]
Domestic
International
Eniwa, Hokkaidō , Japan (1986)
Palmerston North , New Zealand[ 12] (August, 1992)
Fort Worth, Texas , United States (October, 2011)
County Meath , Ireland (October, 2014)
H
Yeosu , Jeollanam-do , South Korea (November 1, 1994)
Suwon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea (October 16, 2009)
Fukui , Honshu , Japan (November 23, 1989)
Gifu , Honshu, Japan (February 21, 1979)
Baguio , Luzon Island , Philippines (August 13, 1982)
Kazan , Tatarstan , Russia (October 16, 2003)
Oulu , Northern Ostrobothnia , Finland (October 13, 2011)
Beit Shemesh , Jerusalem District , Israel (March 12, 2000)
Nadi , Viti Levu , Fiji (October 15, 2010)
Budapest , Hungary (August 9, 1999)
Dresden , Saxony , Germany (October 16, 2009)
Leeds , England , United Kingdom (June 8, 1988)
Nice , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , France (March 30, 1998)
Pisa , Tuscany , Italy (October 17, 2008)
Oviedo , Asturias , Spain (May 12, 2006)
Agadir , Souss-Massa-Draa , Morocco (June 29, 2000)
Cape Town , Western Cape , South Africa (April 18, 2005)
Boston , Massachusetts , United States (May 1, 1982)
Montego Bay , Cornwall County , Jamaica (October 15, 2010)
Cancun , Quintana Roo , Mexico (October 17, 2008)
Paramaribo , Suriname (May 23, 1998)
Curitiba , Parana State , Brazil (September 19, 2001)
Niigata , Japan, since 1979
Aarhus , Denmark, since 1984[ 41]
Edmonton , Canada, since 1985
Sverdlovsk Oblast , Russia, since 1991
Minneapolis , US (18 September 1992)[ 42]
Chiang Mai , Thailand, since April 29, 2008[ 43]
Ekhuruleni , South Africa
Warsaw , Poland, since 1993[ 44]
Daugavpils , Latvia
Khabarovsk , Russia
Ploieşti , Romania
Asahikawa , Japan, since 1995
Bucheon , South Korea
Salvador, Brazil
Giv'atayim , Israel
Griffith , Australia[ 45]
South Taranaki District , New Zealand[ 46]
Krasnodar , Russia
Cagayan de Oro , Philippines, since 2007
Rovaniemi , Finland
Magdeburg , Germany, since 2008[ 47]
Krasnoyarsk , Russia, since 2008
Wiener Neustadt , Austria
Yakutsk , Russia, since 2008[ 48]
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear , UK (2009)[ 49] [ 50]
Fairfax County, Virginia , US (2010)[ 51]
Chelyabinsk , Russia (2012)
Turin , Italy (partnership agreement)[ 52]
Murmansk , Russia (2015)[ 53]
Domestic
Wonju , Gangwon Province , South Korea (20 June 2002)
Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan (May 12, 1980)
Aalborg , Region Nordjylland , Denmark (22 April 1989)
Lleida , Catalonia , Spain (4 April 1998)
Belfast , Northern Ireland , United Kingdom (13 June 2005)
Columbus, Ohio , United States (17 November 1988)
Freetown , Sierra Leone (20 March 1984)
Bujumbura , Burundi (July 4, 1986)
Rousse , Bulgaria (1994)[citation needed ]
J
Kota Kinabalu , Malaysia[ 60]
Riverside , United States[citation needed ]
Folsom , United States
Sandefjord , Vestfold , Norway signed a friendship agreement in May 2001. The agreement establishes exchange and cooperation in many fields, especially in those of education and environmental protection and technology , the latter focusing on improving conditions of both water, soil, and air.
Plymouth , Devon, United Kingdom. Educational and economic links established between the respective cities and their regions since 2006.
Fuji , Shizuoka , Japan
Gangneung , Gangwon-do , South Korea
Quincy , Illinois, United States[ 61]
Bloomington , Indiana, United States
Rockville , Maryland, United States
Bunbury , Australia[ 62]
Halle an der Saale , Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. since 2009.
Matsue , Shimane Prefecture , Japan
Nakhodka , Primorsky Krai , Russia
Yamagata , Honshu , Japan
Volgograd , Russia
Spokane, Washington , United States
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan , Canada
Suwon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea (June 16, 1993)
Yamaguchi City , Honshu , Japan (March 22, 1985)
Wakayama , Honshu, Japan (April 20, 1982)
Port Moresby , Papua New Guinea (February 29, 1988)
Joondalup , Western Australia , Australia (September 4, 2004)[ 63]
Nizhny Novgorod , Russia (September 22, 1994)
Vantaa , Uusimaa , Finland (December 22, 2000)
Vitebsk , Beralus (August 17, 2009)
Kharkiv , Ukraine (July 31, 2006)
Marmaris , Muğla Province , Turkey (September 19, 2011)
Kazanlak , Stara Zagora Province , Bulgaria (January 21, 2013)
Augsburg , Bavaria , Germany (January 29, 2004)
Kfar Saba , Israel (July 16, 2007)
Coventry , England , United Kingdom (May 5, 1983)
Rennes , Brittany Region , France (March 24, 2000)
Sacramento, California , United States (October 2, 1984)
Regina, Saskatchewan , Canada (January 29, 1985)
Praia , Santiago Island , Cape Verde (April 9, 2009)
Porto Velho , State of Rondônia , Brazil (September 19, 2011)
Door County , United States[citation needed ]
Seto , Japan[citation needed ]
Louisville , United States[citation needed ]
Kajaani , Finland[citation needed ]
K
Mesa , United States[citation needed ]
Fujisawa , Japan (5 November 1981)[ 64]
Zürich , Switzerland[ 65] (17 February 1982)
Nairobi , Kenya[ 65]
Chefchaouen , Morocco[ 65]
Denver , United States (14 May 1985)[ 66] [ 67]
Wagga Wagga , Australia (20 August 1988)[ 68]
Cochabamba , Bolivia[ 65] (25 September 1997)
Chiang Mai , Thailand (7 June 1999)[ 43]
Mandalay , Myanmar[ 65] (10 May 2001)
New Plymouth , New Zealand,[ 12] (11 August 2003)[ 69]
Chittagong , Bangladesh[ 65] (18 August 2005)
Jyväskylä , Finland[ 65] (18 September 2008)
Yangon , Myanmar[ 65] (10 October 2008)
Phnom Penh , Cambodia (26 June 2008)[ 70]
Pokhara , Nepal (December 2010)[ 71]
Kuching , Malaysia (December 2012)[ 72]
Kolkata , India (October 2013)[ 15] [ 73]
L
Malaybalay , Philippines[citation needed ]
Boulder , United States (10 April 1987)[ 76]
New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada (2002)[ 78]
M
N
Nanchang is twinned with:[ 85]
Former Sister cities and friendship cities
Albury , Australia[citation needed ]
Gimje , South Korea
Swansea , United Kingdom
Rancagua , Chile
Toyohashi , Japan
Izumi , Japan
Jersey City , United States
São José do Rio Preto , Brazil
Troisdorf , Germany
Civitavecchia , Italy
Rimouski , Quebec , Canada
Sister cities (友好城市)
Nagaokakyo , Japan (since April 1983)
Aachen , Germany (October 1986)[ 101]
Wilmington, Delaware , US (May 1988)
Rouen , France (March 1990)
Waitakere , New Zealand (November 1998)
Santos , Brazil (January 2002)
São Paulo , Brazil[ 102] [ 103]
Veszprém , Hungary (July 2003)
Nelson Mandela Municipality , South Africa (September 2003)
Varna , Bulgaria (June 2004)
Stavanger , Norway (September 2004)
Nottingham , UK (September 2005)[ 104]
Bydgoszcz , Poland (November 2005)
Lázaro Cárdenas , México (2010)
Cities of friendly exchanges (友好交流关系城市)
Masuda , Japan (since October 1990)
Ueda , Japan (February 1995)
Barcelona , Spain (October 1995)
Suncheon , South Korea (June 1997)
Surrey , British Columbia , Canada (May 1999)
Houston , USA (September 2000)
Wiener Neustadt , Austria (September 2000)
Daegu , South Korea (September 2000)
Norfolk, Virginia , US (April 2013)
Aguascalientes , México (November 2006)
Milwaukee, WI , USA (2006)[ 105]
Q
Qingdao is twinned with:
Shimonoseki , Japan (3 October 1979)
Long Beach, California , US (12 April 1985)[ 106]
Acapulco , Mexico (21 August 1985)
Wilhelmshaven , Germany (1992)
Odessa , Ukraine (29 April 1993)
Daegu , South Korea (4 December 1993)
Nes Ziyyona , Israel (2 December 1997)
Ramat Gan , Israel
Velsen , the Netherlands (9 December 1998)
Southampton , UK (27 December 1998)
Galway , Ireland (1999)
Puerto Montt , Chile (17 August 1999)
Paderborn , Germany (2003)
Perm , Russia (2003)
Iloilo City , Philippines, (2003)
Montevideo , Uruguay, (15 April 2004)
Klaipėda , Lithuania (30 May 2004)
Bilbao , Spain (21 August 2004)
Nantes , France (4 June 2005)
Brest, France (8 May 2005)
Miami , USA (30 August 2005)
St Petersburg , Russia (8 October 2006)
Makassar , Indonesia
North Shore City , New Zealand (9 August 2008)
Vila Velha , Brazil (27 October 2009)
Rijeka , Croatia (22 August 2010)
Adelaide , Australia (2014)[ 107]
Thousand Oaks , California , USA (27 February 2014)[ 108]
Hyderabad , India (15 May 2015)[ 30]
Friendly co-operative cities
Qingdao is a friendly co-operative city of the following cities around the world.
- Gothenburg , Sweden (1994)
- Mannheim , Germany (1995)
- Incheon , South Korea (1995)
- San Francisco, United States (1997)
- Chişinău , Moldova (1997)
- Port Sudan , Sudan (1998)
- Orlando , United States (1998)
- Tangier , Morocco (1999)
- Rijeka , Croatia (1999)
- Pyeongtaek , South Korea (1999)
- Naruto , Japan (1999)
- Västergötland , Sweden (1999)
- Adelaide , Australia (2000)
- Da Nang , Vietnam (2000)
- Nicosia , Cyprus (2000)
- Edmonton , Alberta , Canada (2000)
- Oakland , United States (2000)
- Los Angeles, United States (2000)
- Skagen , Denmark (2000)
- Kobe , Japan (2003)
- Fukuoka , Japan (2003)
- Busan , South Korea (2003)
- Gunsan , South Korea (2003)
- Cairns , Australia (2003)
- Iloilo , Philippines (2003)
- Braunau , Austria (2004)
- St Louis , United States (2004)
- Kitakyushu , Japan (2005)
- Houston , United States (2006)
- St Petersburg , Russia (2007)
- Rhine-Ruhr , Germany[ 109] (2008)
- Vila Velha , Brazil (2009)
- Richmond , British Columbia , Canada (2009)
- Regensburg , Germany (2009)
- Lisbon (2010)[ 84]
- Kyoto , Japan (2011)
- Dallas , United States[ 95]
Gangdong District , Seoul , South Korea
Seosan , South Korea (2000)
Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture , Japan (1987)
Toyama , Toyama Prefecture , Japan (1981)
Tomakomai , Hokkaido , Japan (1998)
Pesaro , Marche , Italy
Lugo , Spain
Toledo, Ohio , United States (1985)
S
Shanghai (上海)
Yokohama , Japan – since 1973
Osaka , Japan – 1974
Milan , Italy – 1979
Rotterdam , Netherlands – 1979
San Francisco , United States – 1979
Osaka Prefecture , Japan – 1980
Zagreb , Croatia – 1980
Hamhung , North Korea – 1982
Manila , Philippines – 1983
Antwerp , Belgium – 1984
Karachi , Pakistan – 1984
Chicago , United States – 1985
Montreal , Quebec , Canada – 1985
Piraeus , Greece – 1985
Gdańsk Voivodeship , Poland – 1985
Nagasaki Prefecture , Japan – 1986
Hamburg , Germany – 1986
Casablanca , Morocco – 1986
Gothenburg , Sweden – 1986
Marseille , France – 1987
São Paulo , Brazil – 1988
St. Petersburg , Russia – 1988
Istanbul , Turkey – 1989
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam – 1990
Alexandria , Egypt – 1992
Busan , South Korea – 1993
Port Vila , Vanuatu – 1994
Dunedin , New Zealand[ 12] – 1994
Haifa , Israel – 1994
Tashkent , Uzbekistan – 1994
Porto , Portugal – 1995
Prague , Czech Republic[ 36]
Aden , Yemen – 1995
Windhoek , Namibia – 1995
London , United Kingdom – 1996
Santiago de Cuba , Cuba – 1996
Rosario , Argentina – 1997
Espoo , Finland – 1998
Jalisco State , Mexico – 1998
Liverpool , United Kingdom – 1999
Maputo , Mozambique – 1999
Dubai , United Arab Emirates – 2000
Chiangmai , Thailand – 2000
KwaZulu Natal , South Africa – 2001
Guayaquil , Ecuador – 2001
Valparaíso , Chile – 2001
Barcelona , Spain – 2001
Oslo , Norway – 2001
Constanţa , Romania – 2002
Algiers , Algeria – 2003
Colombo , Sri Lanka – 2003
Central Denmark Region , Denmark – 2008 (previously Aarhus County 2003)
Bratislava Region , Slovakia – 2003
Hauraki District , New Zealand – 2003
Salzburg , Austria – 2004 [ 110]
Lefkosia , Cyprus – 2004
Cork , Ireland – 2005 [ 111]
Winston-Salem , United States – 2006
Basel , Switzerland – 2007
Borås , Sweden – 2007
Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2008
Manaus , Brazil – 2009
Phnom Penh , Cambodia – 2009
Kuopio , Finland – 2012
Budapest , Hungary – 2013 [ 112]
Sofia , Bulgaria – 2014 [ 113]
Larkspur, California , United States[ 114]
[ 117] [ 118] [ 119]
Houston , United States, March 1986
Brescia , Italy, November 1991
Brisbane , Australia, (June 1992)[ 27]
Poznań , Poland, July 1993[ 120] [ 121]
Vienne , France, October 1994
Kingston, Jamaica , March 1995
Lomé , Togo, June 1996
Nuremberg , Germany, May 1997
Walloon Brabant , Belgium, October 2003
Tsukuba , Japan, June 2004
Gwangyang , South Korea, October 2004
Johor Bahru , Malaysia, July 2006
Perm , Russia, 2006
Turin , Italy, January 2007[ 52]
Timișoara , Romania, February 2007
Hull , United Kingdom
Rotherham , United Kingdom, November 2007
Luxor , Egypt, 6 September 2007
Reno, Nevada , United States, 30 April 2008
Samara , Russia, 19 December 2008
Montevideo , Uruguay February 2009
Kalocsa , Hungary, 2011
Haifa , Israel, 2012
Barcelona , Spain July 2012
Shijiazhuang also has a Sister City Agreement: