The Oregon Legislature has entered into a friendship pact with Tianjin, China to promote trade and exchanges in science, culture, education and other areas. 

 

House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, signed the agreement Tuesday on the Legislature's behalf while in Tianjin for a trade mission with other lawmakers and Port of Portland officials. 

 

"This agreement will bolster economic trade, improve cooperation between our ports, improve cultural relations and strengthen the growing friendship between Oregon and Tianjin," Kotek said in a press release. 

 

Officials later toured the Port of Tianjin, the third-largest port in China and the sixth-largest in the world. 

 

Tianjin is China's fourth largest city with 13 million people and is located about 85 miles southeast of Beijing. 

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