Sister Cities

Benxi maintains formal international partnerships at city level, coordinated through Liaoning province’s sister-city framework.

Current partners

• Peoria, Illinois — United States. A long-standing sister-city relationship that has been reactivated in recent years.
• Río Grande — Argentina. A newer friendly-partner city relationship established under the province’s expanding Latin America programme.

What these relationships actually do

Sister-city agreements are mostly frameworks, not projects. In practice they create:

• Direct introductions — a named counterpart city contact for schools, hospitals and companies.
• Trade channels — delegations, trade fairs and buyer visits arranged through municipal foreign affairs offices.
• Cultural exchange — school partnerships, art exchanges and municipal visits.

If you are a Benxi company looking for a first contact in the Americas, the sister-city channel is one of the few that already has a door on both sides.