>> good afternoon everyone. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. i am miriam, the chief of city and county of san francisco, and it is my absolute honor to extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for being here with us as we commemorate the endureing 45 years between san francisco and shanghai. welcome to mayor gong and his entire delegation from shanghai. we are so thrilled to have you here in san francisco. we have a tight program here for you, and very exciting one, so without further ado, it is my pleasure to welcome our one and only mayor london breed. mayor. [applause]

i apologize. [speaking chinese] [applause] >> good afternoon everybody. good afternoon! first of all, let me say welcome to mayor gong and his entire delegation and thank you to general who consistently is on the for front insuring that the u.s. china

relationships remain strong and in tact. president she, visited san francisco as many know back in apec and highlighted the people, the people relationships that are important to insuring that our countries and our people are thriving, but more importantly, the san francisco vision. we know that san francisco is a gateway to the asian pacific and what happens in our city changing our entire counry and the world, so those people to people relationships are extremely important. it is why it is my honor to welcome so many of you here to city hall to celebrate 45 years of the san francisco and shanghai sister city relationship. [applause] [speaking chinese]

[applause] >> mayor gong, we are very fortunate in san francisco to have a very thriving chinese community in our city, and in fact, what you see here today is a representation of business leaders, of those who own their own small businesses, of commissioners, of people who work in the tech industry, of folks who established not just political organizations, but non profit organizations that are helping to make a difference in the communities all over san francisco. gegraphcally many joining us today live in all parts of san francisco. chinatown is a important part

of the community, but there are people representing the west side of the city including taraval, richmond and innersunset and various neighborhoods that make up the fabric of our city. [speaking chinese]

this is community that is not also just involved in the work that they do personally, but so many of them give back to organizations that help to make the community better. i'm looking around and if i start naming names i might get in trouble, but all most every person here is not only successful as maybe an attorney, a business owner, or a publisher or a newspaper, but they are public servants serving the city and county of san francisco as commissioners, but also serving on the board of directors for a number of organizations that help to support and uplift so many people throughout san francisco, including our young people and our seniors. [speaking chinese]

today, as we sign the memorandum of understanding to recommit ourselves after an historical 45 year relationship, it is important for us to highlight the specific things

that we will focus on to renew that commitment. now, when this agreement was signed 45 years ago, at that time, technology was not what it is today and we are excited to really focus on the need to continue to develop our relationships around technology, sustainability, and the environment, and in highlights that people to people relationship insuring there are exchanges between our student populations, including our students who are both in high school and college. in fact, because that relationship, we will be sending 10 public high school students to shanghai during the month of july to continue to grow and develop the extraordinary relationship that is existed for the past over past

four decades. [applause] [speaking chinese]

you will be hearing from her in just a moment, but i want to take this opportunity to truly thank daphne for her extraordinary work with shanghai sister city and all she did to make our trip to shanghai success and make this trip in our relationship and the signing of the mou success as well. [applause] [speaking chinese] again recollect i want to

thank all for joining us. we have a few other speakers and i at this time i like to turn it back over to chief of protocol to introduce, mayor gong. [applause] [speaking chinese] >> it is my distict pleasure to introduce mayor gong of shanghai. mayor gong, thank you for honoring us with your presence. we are delighted to have you and your delegation here in san francisco. for this momentus occasion, celebrating our relationship of our two cities, and for us to have the opportunity to resipicate for your hospitality while we had our visit in shanghai,

thank you. [speaking chinese] welcome to mr. gong. [speaking chinese] [applause] >> [speaking chinese] >> honorable mayor breed, consul nob ladies and gentlemen , good

afternoon. >> [speaking chinese] >> gives me great pleasure to lead delegation to san francisco. one month after mayor breed's visit to shanghai. the moment we arrived here, the very attractive scenery of the city and inviting atmosphere make us feel very homecoming so on behalf of the shanghai municipal people government i extend greetings to community in san francisco and also want to thank the san francisco government for the arrangement and hospitality.

>> [speaking chinese] >> we often say the more friends, the closer they get. in the san francisco is shanghai first sister city in the united states and we carried active and extensive collaboration and in this process over the years as we learn from each other, we grow together too. >> [speaking chinese]

>> a theme of our era. as we know san francisco, has strong economgic technological power and one of the world's major technology, business and cultural centers rchlt shanghai is china biggest economic powerhouse and striving to make the city is a international economic, financial, trade, shipping invasion center. we accelerated at efforts to turn shanghai into a metropalist with worldwide impact. >> [speaking chinese]

>> with signing of this new mou we hope we can enhance our cooperation in economy and trade, culture and education to arrive a new chapter of our friendship. >> [speaking chinese] >> i wish san francisco a very bright future and i also wish that the friendship between our two cities is strong and blended as the golden gate bridge. thank you. >> thank you! [applause] >> thank you very much mayor gong. it is new my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce consul general zang. he is a advocate and friend to our city and played a crucial role in

fostering diplomatic relationships between our city and countries and truly understand the importance of people to people exchanges. >> [speaking chinese] >> consul general. >> thank you so much for your kind words. dear mayor breed, dear mayor gong, madam [indiscernible] dear friends,

good afternoon. it is my great honor to join you attending this soon to be signing ceremony. san francisco and shanghai were the first major chinese and american cities to enter the sister city relationship. [indiscernible] a lot has been accomplished. with the signing of the mou for a new round of cooperation, i think we can have a lot more to look forward to. the better is yet to come. san francisco is also where san francisco vision was developed. as a result of the successful summit between president--and president biden. when the vision is formulated it is up to all of us to take action to translate san francisco vision into reality and i think both mayor breed and mayor gong have set very

good examples for us by exchanging visits within a month. mayor breed was in shanghai last month and this month we welcome mayor gong to san francisco. i think this is very meaningful action to turn the vision into reality and to follow through on what our two presidents agreed. i really hope more chinese and american mayors will follow their example. the more visits take place, the better our relationship. before i conclude, i want to say, two years ago today, i started my journey to san francisco to take my position as chinese consul general. over the past 2 years i worked hard and i have gone through challenges, so i like to take this opportunity to express my heartful felt gratitude to mayor breed, city hall, people

represented here from all walks of life being in san francisco. thank you for your support. my colleagues and i and the consulate are committed and will double our efforts to make our relationship better and stronger. thank you. >> thank you. it is now my pleasure to introduce daphne fang, who is the chair of our sister city committee. she has been tirelessly working to bring us all together as part of the process of the mou which you will witness very very soon, but she has been really an advocate and a friend and as mayor mentioned, has worked very hard to support all our efforts. daphne, thank you so much and

please a round of warm welcome for daphne fang. [applause] [speaking chinese]

[applause] >> thank you. thank you miriam. i congratulate consul general for your anniversary. thanks for all your great work you have bring to san francisco in the two country relationship. [speaking chinese] as our mayor said, thank you and your teams hospitality, which have made our shanghai visit truly unforgettable. that is why you saw many up here, in shanghai about a month ago. we like to come back here to

welcome you to visit the city of san francisco. >> [speaking chinese] >> as part of the gift you give us, was the 10 high school students to participate in summer and you heard from our mayor, in the last four weeks we made that happen and they will go in

july to visit shanghai. >> [speaking chinese] >> this will pave the way for enhance the cultural understanding power of friendship across the board in the generations. >> [speaking chinese] >> i would like to extend my

deepest gratitude to miriam--[indiscernible] in the last 4 weeks the great work make this happen. >> [speaking chinese] >> we also like to thank [indiscernible] united air lines for their support. >> [speaking chinese] >> we are here to witness the signing of a mou that will further

strengthen the true sister city future of mutual growth, exchange and business collaborations. >> [speaking chinese] >> i would like to thank mayor breed for your vision and your leadership and we--san francisco shanghai sister city committee will continue our dedication to support the two greatest cities, two greatest mayors. >> [speaking chinese]

>> now, we like to invite all the mayors and come up and signing of the mou. >> [speaking chinese] [applause]

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okay. good afternoon and welcome. excuse me. good afternoon, and welcome to the. oh. hold on. i got to start recording to. all right, let's try it one more time. good afternoon, and welcome to the san francisco planning commission hearing for thursday, may 23rd, 2024. when we reach the item you are interested in speaking to, we ask that you line up on the screen side of the room or to your right. each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes and when you have 30s remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. when your allotted time is reached, i will announce that your time is up and take the next person queued to speak. please speak clearly and slowly and if you care to state your name for the record, and i will remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind. finally, i ask that we silence any mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings. at this time, i will take roll commission.