The city of Lishui – in East China's Zhejiang province – and the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement on Oct 29, according to local media reports.

Lishui has been making every effort to integrate into the national strategy for the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development, officials said.

They said the cooperation will open more doors for Lishui businessmen and attract more entrepreneurs in Shanghai and in the other cities in Zhejiang to invest in Lishui.

The Lishui municipal government signed off on a total of 15 individual cooperation projects with enterprises in Shanghai during the signing ceremony.