In this early autumn, the 8th International Mayor's Forum on Tourism - Zhengzhou, China was held. During the event, Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, secretary-general of UCLG ASPAC, visited Zhengzhou again.
初秋时节，2023中国郑州国际旅游城市市长论坛举行。世界城市和地方政府联盟亚太区秘书长博纳蒂娅·伊拉瓦蒂·坦德拉德薇再续郑州之约。
Bernadia first visited Zhengzhou in 2019. In front of the UCLG sculpture in the Zhengzhou Botanical Garden, Bernadia said in an interview with reporters, "From the first time I came to Zhengzhou, I recognized it as a very important city in China."
博纳蒂娅和郑州的情缘，源于2019年。在郑州植物园世界城地组织雕塑前，博纳蒂娅接受记者采访时表示：“从我第一次来到郑州时，它就是中国一个非常重要的城市。”
Different from her last visit of the Shaolin Temple, she went to the Zhengzhou Cultural Center in Jinshui District this time, where she saw Chinese intangible cultural heritage and experienced the inscription, guqin, and paper-cutting. She said, "Art is about beauty, and art and beauty both belong to the world. It is important to pass it on from generation to generation."
与上次探访少林寺不同，这次在郑州市金水区文化馆，她看到了属于中国的非物质文化遗产，现场体验了金石传拓、古琴、剪纸，感慨道：“艺术是关于美的，艺术和美都是世界的，能够代代相传很重要。”
"We learned a lot in Zhengzhou," she said when visiting the Zhengzhou Botanical Garden. She said, "We learn history, this emerging economy, industrialization, and digitalization, all of which I think are very important for a city's prosperous development."
“我们在郑州学到很多。”在郑州植物园参观游览时，博纳蒂娅表示，“我们学习历史，也学习这个新兴经济体，学习工业化、数字化，所有这些我认为对城市发展和繁荣非常重要。”
Zhengzhou became a city of the Co-President of UCLG ASPAC in 2021. She said, "Zhengzhou is a very important city in China. We have great expectations for other cities in China. China's economy is getting stronger and stronger, and has done a good job in reducing poverty, perfecting infrastructure and improving people's living conditions."
郑州于2021年当选为亚太区联合主席城市，她说：“郑州是中国非常重要的城市，我们对中国的其他成员寄予了很大的期望。中国经济越来越强大，很好地摆脱了贫困、改善基础设施，改善了这里人民的生活条件。”
"We should learn from Zhengzhou. The prosperity of Zhengzhou is also available to other cities in the Asia-Pacific region. We hope that each city will have a good living environment just like Zhengzhou."
“我们应该向郑州学习，从郑州的角度来看，这种繁荣也可以成为亚太其他地区的繁荣。我们希望城市拥有一个更好的生活环境，就像我们在郑州一样。”
