What better than a bird to restrengthen US-China ties in the name of climate change? And where better to do it than our very own Jiangsu Province? But one question remains; why did California’s Governor make Yancheng a stop on his China visit?
还有什么比一只鸟更能以气候变化的名义加强美中关系呢？还有哪里比我们自己的江苏省更能做到这一点呢？但还有一个问题：加州州长访华为何选择盐城？
California Governor, Gavin Newsom, arrived in China on 23 October for a 7-day visit. According to a statement issued by the Governor’s Office, Newsom took in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.
加州州长加文·纽瑟姆于10月23日抵达中国进行为期7天的访问。根据州长办公室发表的声明，纽瑟姆视察了香港、深圳、广州、北京和上海。
And Yancheng. With the remaining destinations all being obvious choices for a high-level visit as first-tier cities, why was Yancheng, as a third-tier city, included in the Governor’s itinerary?
还有盐城。其余目的地都是一线城市高层出访的必然选择，为什么盐城这个三线城市会出现在省长的行程中呢？
With a GDP of ¥707.9 billion last year, ranking eighth in Jiangsu, Yancheng is hardly an economic star.
盐城去年的GDP为7079亿元，在江苏排名第八，算不上经济明星。
But what it does best, in a word, is environment.
但总而言之，它最擅长的是环境。
The Governor’s focus for this trip had been on ecology and the addressing topics such as climate change and clean energy, reports The Paper.
据澎湃新闻报道，州长此行的重点是生态以及气候变化和清洁能源等主题。
That made Yancheng the perfect destination, coupled with the fact that Jiangsu and California have had friendly exchanges for nearly 40 years, achieving fruitful results in cooperation across various fields.
盐城成为了理想的目的地，加之江苏与加州已有近40年的友好交往，各领域合作成果丰硕。
And now, Yancheng’s maritime temperament and potential for clean energy allows California to see more room for cooperation.
而现在，盐城的海洋气质和清洁能源潜力，让加州看到了更多的合作空间。
The Golden State is planning the development of an offshore-wind-power industry, and Yancheng is Jiangsu’s far-and-away leader in the industry. By the end of 2022, Yancheng’s offshore wind-power installed capacity accounted for 20 percent of the country and 10 percent of the entire world. With its new-energy industry set to exceed ¥150 billion, lowly Yancheng will be the first 10-million kilowatt, new-energy power generation city in the Yangtze River Delta.
金州正在规划发展海上风电产业，而盐城是江苏遥遥领先的海上风电产业。到2022年底，盐城海上风电装机容量占全国20%、全球10%。新能源产业规模将突破1500亿元，盐城将成为长三角第一个千万千瓦级新能源发电城市。
Elsewhere, but still on point for the Governor, his delegation while in Yancheng also took in the tidal wetland ecosystem and biodiversity resources, and got up close and personal with red-crowned cranes. Learning about the process of the species wintering locally at the Yancheng Red-crowned Crane Reserve, a 1-year old crane walked calmly up to the visitors to then lead Newsom and his party to their car.
除此之外，省长一行在盐城还参观了潮汐湿地生态系统和生物多样性资源，并与丹顶鹤零距离接触。一只一岁大的鹤在盐城丹顶鹤保护区了解了该物种在当地越冬的过程，平静地走到游客面前，然后带领纽森一行人上了车。
Before leaving, at the suggestion of their fellow travellers, Newsom and his wife took the opportunity to note this arrival of another ambassador of friendship between the two sides, naming the red-crowned crane, “California”.
临行前，在同行者的建议下，纽瑟姆夫妇趁机注意到了另一位两国友谊大使的到来，并将丹顶鹤命名为“加州”。
