TUJUAN PARADIPLOMASI KERJA SAMA KOTA SEMARANG DENGAN KOTA FUZHOU SEBAGAI SISTER CITY 2019-2022

Abstract

Paradiplomacy is a term for the increased involvement of local governments in international affairs in recent years. Both central and local governments have responsibilities. The line between internal and external affairs has vanished as a result of globalization and the rise of transnationalism. Local governments can collaborate with foreign entities in a variety of ways, such as through sister city cooperation, technical cooperation, economic trade, human resource development, and foreign aid development. One of the cities that has partnered as a sister city with Fuzhou City, People's Republic of China with Semarang City. the two cities have been working together since they signed their Latter of Intent in 2004. Semarang City Government strives to establish cooperation with Fuzhou City. Then there is the follow-up signing of a Memorandum of Undestanding signed in 2022, given China's reputation for rapid economic growth and high productivity. During the period 2019-2022, several initiatives for cooperation between the two cities were put in place. Using Andre Lecours' idea of layers of paradiplomacy, this study attempts to analyze the cooperation goals of sister cities Semarang City and Fuzhou City. Three layers are explained by this concept: the first is economics, the second is culture, technology, and so on, and the third is politics. The study shows that the Semarang government essentially seeks political control, external projection variables, investment, and markets for product sales. In addition, each city shares a common identity and a positive relationship with the past with the Hokkien ethnicity. International promotion and paradiplomacy can be achieved through cultural acculturation. This makes it possible to determine the objectives of local governments for their paradiplomacy efforts.