A Global Council Advancing into the World
The Busan Metropolitan Council engages in active international exchanges with city councils abroad and provides targeted support for Busan Metropolitan City Government’s international exchange efforts in an aim to raise Busan’s profile as a global city.
International Exchange: Busan Metropolitan Council
The Standing
Committee of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, China- May 11, 1997Agreement on Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
Fukuoka City
Council, Japan- Nov. 29, 2004Agreement on Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
Hamburg Parliament,
Germany- Nov. 10, 2009Agreement on Mutual Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
Vladivostok
City Council, Russia- Apr. 21, 2016Agreement on Mutual Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
Ho Chi Minh City
People's Council, Vietnam- Jan. 11, 2018Agreement on Mutual Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
Los Angeles City Council, USA- May 26, 2023Agreement on Mutual Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
International Exchange: Sister and Friendship Cities of Busan Metropolitan City
- Sister City 29 Cities from 26 Nations
- Kaohsiung, Los Angeles, Shimonoseki, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Vladivostok, Shanghai, Surabaya, Victoria(Australia), Tijuana, Ho Chi Minh City, Aukland(New Zealand), Valparaiso, Western Cape, Montreal, Istanbul, Dubai, Fukuoka, Chicago, Phnom Penh, Mumbai, Thessaloniki, Casablanca, Cebu, Saint Petersburg, Yangon, Mombasa, Luanda, Dar es Salaam
- Friendship City 19 Cities from 14 Nations
- Shenzhen, Tenjin, Osaka, Chongqing, Bangkok, Beijing, Nagasaki, Bandar Abbas, Ulaanbaatar, Panama City, Guangzhou, Almaty, Tunis, Sofia, Hamburg, Dili, Koper, Liverpool City Region, Belize City