October 15 (Tuesday)
Arrival and registration at Shangri-la Hotel

17:30-18:00
Municipal leaders of Wuhan meeting with delegation leaders and representatives of the participating friendship cities at Hankou Ballroom of the Hotel

18:00-19:30
Banquet at Hanyang Ballroom of the Hotel

October 16 (Wednesday)
08:00--08:30
Breakfast at Hanyang Ballroom of the Hotel

08:30-08:45
Representatives sign in for the Forum at Wuchang Ballroom of the Hotel

08:45-09:00
Group photo-taking at Hankou Ballroom of the Hotel

09:00
Opening Ceremony of the Forum at Wuchang Ballroom of the Hotel

09:00-09:05
Speech delivered by the leader from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

09:05-09:10
Speech delievered by the provincial leader

09:10-09:15
Speech delivered by the representative of the foreign Embassy or Consulate in China

09:15-09:35
Speech delivered by Mr. Li Xiansheng, Mayor of Wuhan, P. R. China

09:35-09:55
Speech delivered by Mr. Kinoshita Keinosuke, Mayor of Oita, Japan

09:55-10:10
Speech delivered by Mr. Mulugetta Birru, Representative of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

10:10-10:25
Speech delivered by Mr. Roy Walters, Lord Mayor of Manchester, UK

10:25-10:35
Coffee break

10:35-10:50
Speech delivered by Mr. Necula Marius Gerald, Subprefect of Galati County, Romania

10:50-11:05
Speech delivered by Mr. Ivan Dankevych, Vice Mayor of Kiev, Ukraine

11:05-11:20
Speech delivered by Mr. Eng. Abdel Wahab Mohammed Osman,
Vice Governor of Khartoum State, Sudan

11:20-11:35
Speech delivered by Mr. Jacques Valade, Councillor of the City of Bordeaux and Vice President of Bordeaux Urban Common Wealth, France

11:35-11:50
Speech delivered by Ms. Inez Peijnenburg, Vice Mayor of Arnhem, the Netherlands

11:50-12:05
Speech delivered by Mr. Lee Jong-Bae, Vice Mayor of Cheongju, R. O. Korea

12:30-14:00
Lunch at Hanyang Ballroom of the Hotel

14:00-15:00
Speech delivered by Mr. Zhang Daizhong, Executive Vice Mayor of Wuhan, P. R. China (Important social and economic information release about Wuhan) at Wuchang Ballroom of the Hotel

15:00-16:30
Free exchanges amongst representatives of the participating friendship cities at Wuchang Ballroom of the Hotel

16:30-17:30
Signing of Wuhan Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation between Friendship Cities at Hankou Ballroom of the Hotel

Conclusion of the Forum

17:30
Leave the Hotel for tour on the Yangtze River and the Han River

17:50
Arrival at the wharf

18:00-18:30
Departure from the wharf by Pleasure-boat Yellow Crane

18:30-19:40
Dinner on the Pleasure-boat

19:40-20:30
Theatrical performance

20:30-21:40
Tour on the rivers

21:40-22:00
Back to the wharf

22:00
Back to the Hotel

October 17(Thursday)
08:00-08:30
Breakfast at Hanyang Ballroom of the Hotel

08:40
Leave the Hotel by coach for sightseeing and visits

09:10-09:50
Visit Hubei Provincial Museum

10:00-12:00
Visit East Lake High-Tech Development Zone

12:00-13:00
Lunch at the Convention Center of the Zone

13:20
Depart for Yellow Crane Tower

13:40-14:30
Visit Yellow Crane Tower

14:30
Depart for Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone

15:00-17:00
Visit Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone

17:00
Back to the hotel