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On The Road Again

Since the beginning of the year I’ve already spent five weeks abroad, three visiting family in the US and two in Asia, leading me to wonder if being Lord Mayor isn’t such a tough roadshow. Lots of fun, and just sharing a few links to Korea and China if you want to skim a bit of what I was up to:

Xi’an – Professor Michael Mainelli was Appointed as Visiting Scholar at NWU and Delivers Academic Lecture-Northwest University

Seoul – https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10451919, https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-

Incheon – https://www.incheon.go.kr/en/EN020401/3005067

Guangzhou – https://www.gduf.edu.cn/info/1037/13401.htm

Shenzhen – https://en.cdi.org.cn/

Korean government leaders including Mayor Oh of Seoul
Posted on Lord Mayor Of London #695 2023-2024, The City of London & Broad Street Ward

Mayor’s Progress – End of Term Report Card

We conclude our bi-monthly series of Mayor’s Progress reports with our final report card. Though any Lord Mayor wishes she or he could claim credit for creating jobs (all those dinners, speeches, promotional activity, videos, overseas visits, etc.), in fact, during this year as Lord Mayor, from November 2023 to November 2024, jobs in the City of London increased from 615,000 to 678,000 – yes, in just one year, an increase of over 10%!

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