Editing York (section)

===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom}}

York is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* [[Dijon]], [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]], France, since 1953<ref name="Twin">{{cite web |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/3806/y4537-twinning_pdf |title=Enquiry Y4537: – City of York Council |publisher=City of York Council |date=30 January 2012 |access-date=12 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123450/http://www.york.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/3806/y4537-twinning_pdf |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
* [[Münster]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany, since 1957<ref name="Twin"/><ref name="Münster twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.muenster.de/stadt/partnerstaedte/portrait-en.html|title=Portrait of Münster: Die Partnerstädte|access-date=7 August 2013|work=Stadt Münster|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509134659/http://www.muenster.de/stadt/partnerstaedte/portrait-en.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[Nanjing]], [[Jiangsu]], China, since 2016<ref name="York Press"/><ref name="Visit York"/>
In 2016 York became [[sister city|sister cities]] with the Chinese city of Nanjing, in line with an agreement signed by the [[List of lord mayors of York|Lord Mayor of York]], focusing on building links in tourism, education, science, technology and culture.<ref name="York Press">{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14885295.Lord_Mayor_signs_up_for_China_links/|title=Lord Mayor signs up for China links|work=York Press|date=14 November 2016|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111052729/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14885295.Lord_Mayor_signs_up_for_China_links/|archive-date=11 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Visit York">{{cite web|url=https://www.visityork.org/members/opportunities/Campaign-international-china.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031213718/http://www.visityork.org/members/opportunities/Campaign-international-china.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2015|title=International Campaign – China Focus|publisher=Visit York|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/12896586.york-succeeds-in-attracting-chinese-tourists/|title=York succeeds in attracting Chinese tourists|work=York Press|date=17 April 2015|access-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420221729/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/12896586.york-succeeds-in-attracting-chinese-tourists/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/1878846/new-tourism-figures-revealed-for-york/|title=New Tourism Figures Revealed for York|publisher=Minster FM|date=9 February 2016|access-date=3 April 2020|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630202137/https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/1878846/new-tourism-figures-revealed-for-york/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 22 October 2014, it announced the first 'temporal twinning' with Jórvík, the Viking city on the site of York from 866 to 1066.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29721533|title=York twinned with Viking city Jorvik|date=22 October 2014 |work=BBC News|access-date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022123517/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29721533|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017 York became UK's first [[Human Rights City|human rights city]], which formalised the city's aim to use human rights in decision making.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15247293.human-rights-city/|title=Human rights city|work=York Press|date=27 April 2017|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616103252/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15247293.human-rights-city/|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>