On the afternoon of October 26th, Zhu Jian, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Party Committee Foreign Affairs Work Committee, presided over the plenary meeting of the 2026 Municipal Party Committee Foreign Affairs Work Committee, deeply studied and implemented diplomatic ideas, conveyed and studied the spirit of relevant meetings of the central and provincial committees, listened to reports on the city's foreign affairs work, and studied and deployed the next stage of work. Liu Zhongjie, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor, and Deputy Director of the Municipal Foreign Affairs Committee, attended the meeting.

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The meeting pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the city's foreign affairs front and all levels and departments have resolutely implemented the Party Central Committee's foreign affairs work guidelines and policies, anchored the dual mission of serving the overall foreign affairs of the country and serving local development. The reception of foreign guests has been of high quality and effectiveness, serving the overall situation with achievements, and ensuring foreign affairs with responsibility. New progress and achievements have been made in the city's foreign affairs work.

The meeting emphasized the need to elevate political stance and deeply study and apply diplomatic ideas. Consciously consider and plan Hengyang's foreign affairs work within the overall framework of the Party and the state's foreign affairs work, ensuring that Hengyang's foreign affairs work always moves in the right direction. We must closely follow the overall situation and promote the high-quality development of foreign affairs work. Focusing on the central work and key tasks of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, we should find the entry point and focus point of foreign affairs work to serve the high-quality development of the city, continue to expand opening up, deepen exchanges, optimize the development environment, actively integrate and serve to jointly build the "the Belt and Road", promote the expansion of advantageous industries such as power transmission and transformation, nonferrous metals, make good use of open platforms such as the comprehensive security zone and China Europe trains, promote the "balance of goods" to the international market, continue to consolidate and expand practical cooperation with existing friendly cities and interested friendly cities in the fields of economy, trade, culture, tourism, science and education, and promote more cooperation projects to take root in Hengyang.

The meeting emphasized the need to strengthen the leadership of the Party and comprehensively build a framework for foreign affairs work. Effectively fulfilling the political responsibility of the Party in managing foreign affairs, accelerating the improvement of the "six foreign linkage" working mechanism, continuously increasing the introduction and training of foreign affairs professionals, and effectively transforming opportunities for foreign affairs exchanges into high-quality development results.

City leaders Liu Zhangyu, Jin Di, Liu Ping, Wang Yan, and Liu Zhigang attended.