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JINAN, China, Aug. 10, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Strengthen cooperation between Shandong and Japan to create a better future

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shandong Sub-council

(the Sub-council) released information about the seminar, called Dialogue with

Shandong -- Japan-Shandong Industry Cooperation and Exchange, which was held

simultaneously on July 30 at several venues in Jinan, Tokyo and Osaka.

High-profile people from a range of industries gathered on the cloud and

engaged in fruitful online discussions.

At the seminar, comprehensive discussions took place about local industry

cooperation between China and Japan against the background of the ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic. This gave opportunities to present advantageous industries

and relevant policies regarding the Jinan-Qingdao-Yantai International

Investment Industrial Park, and to introduce cooperative projects currently in

full swing as well as to consider cooperation needs. Concurrently, two industry

connection seminars related to medical care, health care and high-end equipment

manufacturing, as well as two Sino-Japanese city cooperation seminars in Jinan

and Qingdao were held. As the organizer, the Sub-council ensured the smooth and

efficient staging of the event.

This event boosted confidence in local economic and trade cooperation between

China and Japan and encouraged a new wave of similar local cooperation. It also

helped to achieve some pleasing economic and trade cooperation outcomes, with

agreement on 17 projects being reached. The Sino-Japanese industry talent

exchange and cooperation program and the platform for the transfer and

transformation of Sino-Japanese industrial technology achievements were also

established.

Leaders including Liu Jiayi, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee Secretary, Li

Ganjie, Governor of Shandong Province, and others attended the event. Toshihiro

Nikai, Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General, Yukio Hatoyama,

former Prime Minister, Hideki Makihara, Deputy Minister of Economy and

Industry, and Yutaka Yokoi, Ambassador to China, sent congratulatory videos.

"This is the first online high-end exchange event between Chinese local

government leaders and Japan", said Sasaki Nobuhiko, Chairman of Japan External

Trade Organization. "It is an unprecedented online event."

Source: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shandong

Sub-council

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