�� Beijing and Vienna hope to cooperate in waste water treatment, transportation, environment protection and high-tech areas.

�� Beijing Mayor Liu Qi and Vienna Deputy Mayor Ederer expressed the hope at a meeting in Beijing October 25.

�� The two cities also held a seminar this afternoon, and experts from both cities discussed cooperation in environment protection, tourism and culture, believing that there exists enormous potential for cooperation between the two cities in these areas. (Xinhua)