From March 25 to March 26, Mr. Markku Markkula, First Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions and Chairman of Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council, and his party paid a visit to Hangzhou. In the afternoon of March 26, Yu Yuemin, Director of Standing Committee of Hangzhou Municipal People's Congress, met with the delegation in the company of Wang Jin, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, Zhou Xianmu, Director of Ethnic, Religious, Overseas Chinese and Foreign Affairs Working Committee of Standing Committee of Hangzhou Municipal People's Congress, and Du Shigeng, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. In Hangzhou, the delegation delivered talks with Director Wang Jin and related departments in terms of inviting Hangzhou to join the 25+5 SDG Cities Leadership Platform, and Deputy Director Du Shigen also attended the talks.