China and Croatia enjoy active local exchanges. Eight pairs of provinces and cities have officially formed partnerships, including Shanghai Municipality-Zagreb City, Yangzhou City-Korčula City, Sanya City-Dubrovnik City, Hangzhou City-Split City, and Huanggang City-Osijek City, Cangzhou City-Opatija City, Yancheng City-Čakovec City, and Hainan Province-Zadar Province. Additionaly, more than ten pairs of provinces and cities have established friendly cooperative relations: Liaoning Province-Primorsko-goranska Province, Zhejiang Province-Istria Province, Hainan Province-Dubrovnik-Neretva Province, Dalian City-Rijeka City, Qingdao City-Rijeka City, Ningbo City-Rijeka City, Wuhan City-Varaždin City, Chongqing City-Dubrovnik-Neretva Province, Chongqing City-Zagreb City, etc. Since 2023, mayors from  Croatian provinces and cities such as Međimurje Province and Istria Province have visited China, while delegations from Shanxi Province, Hubei Province, Shandong Province, Liaoning Province, and other provinces have visited Croatia.