长春市市长致辞

　　第十二届世界冬季城市市长会议将于2006年1月在中国长春隆重举行。在此，我代表长春市人民政府并以我个人名义，热烈祝贺本次大会的胜利召开并诚挚欢迎来自世界各地的代表团和嘉宾。

　　与大会同时举办的还有世界冬季城市产品博览会和世界冬季城市论坛。大会所有的活动都是为了更好地配合会议主题并力求为每一位参会人员提供感兴趣的话题和挑战冬季问

　　长春，地处中国的东北部，是吉林省的省会和政治、经济、文化中心。长春是一座年轻而富有特色的城市，拥有丰富的自然资源、雄厚的工农业基础、繁荣兴旺的商业以及发达的科技教育事业。被众多国内外朋友誉为“汽车城”、“森林城”、“电影城”、“科技文化城”和“雕塑城”。长春还是近来崛起的著名冬季旅游城市，拥有两座能够承接国际赛事的滑雪场。已成功举办了8届冰雪旅游节和3届瓦萨国际越野滑雪节。备受瞩目的第六届亚洲冬季运动会，也将于2007年在长春举行。作为高度开放的城市，多年以来，在加强和扩大对外开放的努力下，长春的经济环境不断优化，核心竞争力日益增强，吸引着越来越多的外国投资者，有力地推动了外向型经济的快速发展。当前，中国政府为促进区域经济直辖市发展，正在实施振兴东北地区老工业基地战略，作为东北地区中心城市之一的长春市迅速地成为了国内外关注的重点。随着制约发展的体制、机制等问题在国家政策驱动下的顺利解决，发展潜力将得到集中释放，发展速度将不断加快，今天的长春正在向人们展示着前所未有的生机和活力。

　　长春作为世界冬季城市市长协会的成员，一直以来全力支持并积极参与协会的各项活动。我们将继续努力推进协会的发展并一如既往地为成员之间的经济贸易合作和文化交流贡献力量。

　　中国有一句古话：一分耕耘，一分收获。我们将坚持致力于耕耘并为我们的收获保留最美好的希望。我相信，各方面的通力合作必将使2006年长春世界冬季城市市长会议开出新的水平并为我们带来期待的成果。

　　最后，预祝所有代表和嘉宾在长春的日子里过得愉快！

　　长春市市长祝业精

　　2005年12月

　　Greetings From The

　　Mayor of Changchun

　　12th WWCAM Mayors' Conference will be held in Changchun， China in January 2006. On behalf of Changchun Municipal People's Government and myself ， I would like to take this opportunity to extend my cordial congratulation to the successful opening of this meeting and my sincere welcome to all participating representatives and guests from all countries!

　　Along with the Conference we will present World Winter Cities Trade Fair and World Winter Cities Forum. All the events are elaborated designed to cooperate with the Conference's Theme to provide every participant with interested topics and ways to challenge winter related problems. We sincerely encourage all guests to join us in those exciting activities.

　　Changchun locates itself in China's Northeast. It is the capital city of Jilin Province and its political，economic and cultural center. Changchun is a young city full of unique characteristics， enjoying abundant natural resources， solid industrial and agricultural foundation， prosperous commerce and well developed sci-tech and education. Changchun has been honored by friends from domestic and abroad as the "Automobile City" ， "Forest City"， "Movie City"， "City of Science and Technology" and "City of Sculpture". Changchun is also a newly growing up city for winter tourism ， proudly owning two ski sites suitable for international events. The City had successfully hosted 8 ice and snow travel festivals and 3 Vasallopet International Festivals. After several years strengthening and widening the open-up to the outside， Changchun has achieved a higher level of opening up and became a regional center with fully optimized economic environment and increasing core competitive power. Now，the city attracts a large number of foreign investors and its outward-oriented economy is developing at a rapid speed. At present， Chinese government is implementing Revitalizing Northeast Old Industrial Bases strategy to promote regional economic development.

　　Changchun， as one of the central cities in the Northeast， is certainly becoming the focus of domestic and foreign attention. Droved by the Nation's policies， all problems of economic system and mechanism restricting development are smoothly solved and economic potential is being substantially set free. The city's rapid development is showing people Changchun bears unprecedented vitality and energy.

　　As a member of WWCAM， Changchun has always been supporting the association by actively participating in its events. We would like to continually push the sound development of WWCAM and contribute to the economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchange between its members.

　　There is an old Chinese saying: You reap what you sow. We are looking forward to reaping while we concentrate on sowing. I firmly believe， with the conjunctive hard work from all sides， 2006 Changchun WWCAM Mayors' Conference will successfully bring us all anticipated outcome.

　　may all representatives and guests enjoy your stay in Changchun!

　　Zhu Yejing

　　Mayor of Changchun

　　December， 2005

　　长春

　　Changchun

　　China

　　长春位于中国东北松辽平原腹地，地处东经124°18'～127°02'、北纬43°05'～ 45°15'之间，地表相对高差不超过40米~50米，地面坡度不超过4度~5度，海拔高度约为250米～350米之间。长春地处东北三省中心地带。作为吉林省省会，长春市被称为“汽车城”、“电影城”、“森林城”，是“国家园林城市”和“国家环保模范城市”。长春市气候宜人，素有“北国春城”的美誉，属大陆性季风气候区。由于地理位置、地形结构与大气环流相配合的作用，具有四季分明，春季较短、干燥多风，夏季温热多雨、炎热天气不多，秋季气爽、日夜温差大，冬季漫长较寒冷，最低温度-39.8℃，是典型的冬季城市。 Changchun City is situated at the heart of Song Liao Plains in northeastern China，and it's counties and districts are at 124°18'-127°02' east longitude， 43°05'-45°15' north latitude， and at 250 - 350 meters above the sea level. The city is at the center of the three northeast provinces。As the capital city of Jilin Province，Changchun has always been named as "Automobile City"， "Movie City"， "Forest City"， "National Model City of Gardening" and "National Model City of Environmental Protection". Changchun enjoys four very clear different seasons with long winter. The lowest temperature in winter is -39.8℃， making the city a very typical winter city.（新闻编辑：曲兆佳）