Xiamen has struck a deal with its sister city Nice to bring the French city's world-famous carnival to Southeast China. Representatives from the two cities signed a cooperation agreement confirming the deal in Nice on Feb 27.

Xiamen and Nice sign a strategic plan for cooperation in Nice on the morning of Feb 27 (local time). [Photo/provided to China Daily]

The Xiamen-Nice International Carnival 2017 will land on the Fujian province coast on April 29 and run for three days, with the organizers promising the event will offer an authentic experience of the Nice Carnival with a local twist.

The event has been titled A Moveable Feast, after Ernest Hemingway's famous portrait of Paris in the 1920s, and Xiamen plans to serve up a sumptuous mix of art and culture comparable to Jazz Age France.

Revelers in Xiamen's Jimei district will be able to gorge on a combination of fashion events, street art, opera, dancing and music, with most of the action concentrated in Citizens' Square near the Tan Kah Kee Theater.

There will also be places to taste Mediterranean and Asian cuisines and to discover more about international carnival cultures.

The carnival is one large event on which Xiamen and Nice have collaborated since the two cities established a sister city relationship in 2014, and both sides hope to use this event as a springboard for further cooperation over the next three to five years.