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Left to right: City Councilman Kwanza Hall; Wu Hemin, vice mayor of Ningbo; Georgia State Rep. Lynn Smith, who attended the dinner and was a member of the delegation to Ningbo; and Mr. Maddox.

The city of Ningbo’s bid to become Atlanta’s Chinese sister city got a boost at the end of an official dinner in Buckhead July 25 when City Councilman James Maddox won a drawing for two Delta Air Lines tickets to Shanghai.

Mr. Maddox is considered the dean of the council, having served there some 25 years. He also chairs the city’s Advisory Committee for International Relations and is a member of its Sister Cities Commission.

He greeted on behalf of the city Ningbo’s vice mayor, Wu Hemin, who led a delegation of a half dozen Ningbo officials. Atlanta was the last U.S. stop for the Chinese delegation, which earlier had been to Washington, Detroit, Milwaukee, Wis., and Jacksonville, Fla.

An elated Mr. Maddox told GlobalAtlanta that he and his wife would fly to Shanghai and then visit Ningbo, a city of some 6 million people that is separated from...MORE

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