Representatives of the Chinese city of Shouzhou, the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network, ECCOFORT and ICOFORT signed a memorandum of understanding in Spandau Citadel on the development of friendly and cooperative relations for fortress tourism and marketing. The memorandum contains a detailed agenda with topics for the development of the cooperation, such as research and monument protection, mutual marketing and travel offers with FORTE CULTURA® as well as youth exchange.

The cooperation meeting was accompanied by the Society for German-Chinese Understanding and China Tours Hamburg. The city of Shouzhou in Shanxi Province is located on a 300 kilometre section of the Great Wall of China and has medieval fortifications and other UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There are 7 other fortresses in Shanxi Prov- ince.