Tallahassee Mayor John Marks, along with area state, local and university officials, spent last week in Rugao, China signing a Sister City agreement with Secretary Huijuan Chen, the highest-ranking official in the city. Last Wednesday, Marks joined Chen as well as Daojian Wu, the vice mayor of Rugao, to sign a proclamation making the Sister [...]

Members of a recent trade mission to China say they made important progress toward strengthening business and academic ties with the economic giant. The nine-member delegation, which departed Tallahassee Oct. 25 and returned six days later, included Tallahassee Mayor John Marks, his chief of staff Rick Minor, local business people and officials from Florida State [...]

A trade mission from Tallahassee composed of business, government and university leaders leaves Tuesday for a five-day visit to Rugao, China, the Mayor’s Office announced this morning. Led by Mayor John Marks, the delegation will meet with business leaders and education officials. Also scheduled Thursday is an official Sister City signing ceremony with Marks and [...]