Sister Cities Trade Fair lined up for next year

The Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC) is planning to hold a Sister Cities Trade Fair during the Araw ng Davao celebration next year, according to an official.

Christian Cambaya, unit head for Investor Assistance and Servicing of DCIPC, said on Friday the trade fair aims to strengthen Davao City’s ties with its local and international sister cities at the same time attract more investors, particularly from the international cities.

Cambaya explained that DCIPC came up with the Sister Cities Trade Fair and has invited local and international cities to participate.

He said DCIPC organized the exhibit and supposedly showcased the culture, products, and services, however, because of the constraints, the trade fair did not push through and what DCIPC has done instead was invited them to participate in the 39th Kadayawan sa Davao Festival.

“But next year during the Araw ng Davao didto nami mag conduct ug Sister Cities Trade Fair as we still have ample time to prepare for that,” Cambaya said.

According to Cambaya, the goal of sister city agreements is to find areas of collaboration and improve the sharing of best governance practices.

“We have proven that to be successful, in fact, we have sister cities more generous enough to donate to the city government of Davao such as buses, vehicles, investments such as steel plant, and industrial park are actually results of our sister city in 2019 and then succeeding renewal sa sister cities with our foreign sister cities,” he said.

Currently, Davao City has 10 foreign and 13 local sister cities.

Davao City bonded with Bitung in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Manado, North Sulawesi in 1993; Tacoma in Washington State, USA in 1994; Koror in Palau, USA and Nanning, China in 2007; Kitakyushu, Japan in 2017; Kauai County in Hawaii, USA and Jinchang, China in 2018; Chongqing, China in 2019; and Senan, Japan in 2023.

In the Philippines, Davao City’s sister cities include Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte (2000); Angeles City, Pampanga (2015); Basud, Camarines Norte (2015); San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (2015); Liloan, Cebu; San Juan, Quezon City, and Marikina in Metro Manila (2018), Zamboanga City (2019); Tagudin, Ilocos Sur (2019); Pandi, Bulacan (2020); and Mati City, Davao Oriental (2022).

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