Vladimir, located 190 kilometers northeast of Moscow, is the capital of Russia's Vladimir Region. It has three districts, with an area of 1,246 square kilometers and a population of about 340,000.

Vladimir is a city older than Moscow. In 990, Grand Prince of Kiev Vladimir the Great built a city here, which was named after him. In 1157, the city became the capital of the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal. In the 14th century, it became the administrative, cultural, and religious center in the northeastern part of Russia, and after the 15th century, the capital was relocated to Moscow. Due to the city's long history and picturesque scenery, it has become a well-known tourist destination. The city is also one of the industrial centers of Russia, with a focal point to develop machine manufacturing (mainly tractors, electric motors, precision machine tools, automatic instruments, radio equipment, and machine tools) and the glass industry. In addition, the meat, dairy, animal husbandry and pig breeding industries here are rather developed.

Yuzhong District and Vladimir City were twinned in September 2004.

Exchanges between Yuzhong District and Vladimir City

In April 2001, the Mayor of Vladimir led a delegation to participate in the Chongqing Urban Tourism Festival & Intercity Tourism Trade Fair. During this period, Yuzhong District and Vladimir exchanged views on conducting friendly exchanges and cooperation at a matchmaking meeting held by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, and signed a memorandum of understanding for friendship and cooperation.

In September 2002, Li Runzhang, Chairman of the CPPCC Yuzhong District Committee, led a delegation to the city of Vladimir, and both sides reached a consensus on the complementarity and feasibility of establishing a sister-city relationship.

In October 2003, Wang Fuqing, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Yuzhong District Committee, led an economic and trade delegation to the city of Vladimir, promoting the economic and trade cooperation between the enterprises of both sides.

In April 2004, Deputy Mayor of Vladimir led a delegation to participate in the 9th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade (WCIFIT) in Chongqing. In May, the Russian side suggested the establishment of a TCM center in the city of Vladimir and mutual participation in commodity exhibitions to strengthen cooperation, which received an energetic response from Yuzhong District. On November 12, Hong Tianyun, Mayor of the People's Government of Yuzhong District, signed a sister-city relationship agreement with the mayor of the city of Vladimir.

In September 2018, under the framework of the 2018-2019 year of sub-national cooperation and exchange between China and Russia, Huang Yulin, Secretary of the CPC Yuzhong District Committee, led a delegation to the city of Vladimir to attend the city festival and promote bilateral cooperation.