On June 20, 2025, the main events of the 2025 Yunnan International Friendship Cities Week were held in Kunming. Yunnan Provincial Governor Wang Yubo attended the event and delivered remarks, and Vice Governor Xu Hao hosted the event. Representatives from subnational governments, friendly organizations, and enterprises from 20 countries participated in the event. Vice President Lu Xiangdong attended the event and delivered remarks.

Vice President Lu emphasized that friendly provinces, states, and cities serve as essential channels for strengthening international friendship and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation. In recent years, Yunnan Province has continually expanded its "international friendship city network", with exchanges and cooperation between international friendship cities deepening in various fields, including culture, economy and trade, education, science and technology, tourism, health, youth, and people's livelihoods.

Vice President Lu further stated that the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), responsible for guiding, coordinating, managing, and supporting the establishment and development of friendship city relations between China and countries worldwide, is committed to working with all sectors from both China and foreign countries to advance international friendship city exchanges, deepen people-to-people ties, foster the development of national relations, and achieve more practical results in subnational cooperation, thus contributing to the shared goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Guided by the CPAFFC, the 2025 Yunnan International Friendship Cities Week was organized by the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and. The event, themed "Enhancing Friendship for Stronger Partnership", featured friendship cities promotion meetings, signing ceremonies and field visits, among various activities.