当前，北京市国际友城工作在“朋友圈”持续扩容、助力提升国家文化软实力、创新完善友城交流机制等方面取得了新发展。然而，北京市国际友城工作在优化友城布局、健全友城交流机制、拓宽友城合作领域、加强友城外宣工作等方面有待改进。对此，北京市国际友城工作需要盘活友城资源存量，增强北京市国际友城工作的主动性和协调性；做大友城合作增量，推动北京市国际友城工作的实质性和可持续性；增强友城交往能量，提高北京市国际友城工作的科学性和战略性。同时，多措并举抓实外宣工作，使之成为彰显大国首都风范和城市独特魅力的重要抓手。
The work of international sister cities is an important part of Beijing’s foreign affairs work which serves the overall development of China and its overall diplomatic situation. In 2023，Beijing’s international sister city work has achieved new developments in terms of continued expansion of the “circle of friends”，helping to enhance the country’s cultural soft power，as well as innovating and improving the sister city exchange mechanism. However，Beijing’s international sister city work needs to be improved in terms of optimizing the layout of sister cities，improving the sister city exchange mechanism，broadening the scope of cooperation between sister cities，and strengthening the external publicity of sister cities. In this regard，Beijing’s international sister city work needs to revitalize the stock of sister city resources，strengthen the initiative and coordination of Beijing’s international sister city work；enhance the energy of sister city communication and enhance the scientific and strategic nature of Beijing’s international sister city work.At the same time，multiple measures will be taken to implement external publicity work to make it an important starting point to highlight the style of the capital of a great country and the unique charm of the city.
