Feature: U.S. midwestern cities seek cooperation with China

CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Mayor Pro Tem of Kansas City in the U.S. state of Missouri Ryana Parks-Shaw just came back from China after attending a sister city conference and visiting the Chinese cities of Xi'an, Yan'an and Shanghai.

"We have had two sister city agreements with China," Parks-Shaw told Xinhua on the sidelines of the 7th China General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) - Chicago Annual Gala held recently in Chicago. Kansas City tied the sister city knot with Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, in 1989, and became a sister city with Yan'an, another city in Shaanxi, in 2017.