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CHENGDU, China, Sept. 1, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The 2020 Promotion Conference for Chengdu Shuangliu Japanese-funded

Enterprises, themed on "China-Japan Cooperation, Rendezvous in Shuangliu", was

held in Shanghai on August 27 under the auspices of Shuangliu District

Government of Chengdu. During the event, nearly a hundred Japanese-funded

enterprises in Shuangliu District of Sichuan Province including eight Fortune

Global 500 corporations and nearly 30 leading Chinese enterprises promoted

Shuangliu's competitive industries, cooperation projects and business

environment. The event aimed to foster substantive exchanges with Japan in a

wide range of fields such as science, education, culture, aviation, logistics,

environment, health and urban construction, further expand channels and

intensify bilateral cooperation.

Close and cordial neighbors in many regards, China and Japan have long been

each other's major trading partner. As of the end of 2019, the Eighth

Trilateral Summit Meeting among the People's Republic of China, the Republic of

Korea and Japan took place in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, when Chinese and

Japanese policy-makers reached consensus in further promoting bilateral

economic and substantive cooperation in multiple fields. The summit once again

directed the world's attention toward the Sichuan provincial capital of

Chengdu, which is one of China's nine major central cities and premier

destinations for Japanese investment in western China. In recent years, a score

of well-known Japanese corporations such as Toyota, Kobe Steel, Sumitomo

Electric Industries, and Seven & i Holdings have descended on Chengdu and

yielded fruitful results in integrating into the city's course of rapid development.

Zhang Ruiqin, the Vice Chief Executive of Shuangliu District of Chengdu,

introduced Shuangliu's basic information, socio-economic development status,

main industries, geographic advantage and other aspects during her speech. She

indicated that Shuangliu's greatest feature and strength is the eponymous

airport, which is the fourth biggest aviation hub in China, emphatically

developed around which are the three main strategic emerging industries of

aviation economy, electronic information and biomedicine. At the same time,

Shuangliu boasts the two hallmarks of Zhuge Liang and giant panda, possesses a

diverse array of science and education resources, and is noted for its young,

international, trendy and vibrant characteristics and qualities.

Muroi Takashi, the Economic Consul of the Consulate General of Japan in

Shanghai mentioned at the meeting that China has stipulated plans in April to

establish "China-Japan Regional Development Cooperation Model Zones" in six

cities including Chengdu and Shanghai, adding the belief that the two cities

would work more closely and jointly create an optimized cooperation platform

focused on complementary advantages between China and Japan and industrial

integration, in a bid to facilitate economic exchanges between Japan and these

two cities to realize leapfrog development.

During the event, Zhang Ruiqin signed strategic cooperation agreements on

behalf of Shuangliu District Government with Nikken Sekkei (Chengdu) Urban

Design and Planning Co., Ltd., Japan Special Non-profit Activity Legal Person

Japan Management Advanced Study Center and Ruiji Zheyue (Beijing) Information

Consulting Co., Ltd.

The six China-Japan-ROK cooperation model industrial parks in Shuangliu

District featured in this promo activity were International Cooperation New

City, Airport Business District, Type B Bonded Logistics Park, International

Culture and Sports Digital Media Park, International Bio City and International

Healthcare Town, in addition to promoting the cooperation proposals for the

three projects of TOD, Mushan Lake and the Belt and Road International Arts Center.

This was the second time for Shuangliu to host a Japanese-funded enterprise

promo fair in Shanghai since 2019. In recent years, Shuangliu revolved around

establishment of industry function zones, and relied on a multitude of

functional platforms such as international aviation hub, national-level airport

economy model zone and pilot free trade zone to fuel the accelerated growth of

two hundred billion-yuan industrial clusters of aviation economy and electronic

information. Leaning on outstanding geographic environment elements, Shuangliu

has pinpointed its focus on key factors such as aviation hub, aviation economy

and aviation business district to speed up the construction of a modernized

aviation-centric industry system.

In terms of fostering international business environment, in order to take an

active stance in responding to China-Japan-ROK urban construction and modern

service industry open cooperation strategy and creating international

collaboration model zones, Shuangliu continues to sponsor the campaign to

facilitate face-to-face communication between the government and enterprises

over coffee. In addition, Shuangliu is also the first in Sichuan Province to

roll out the "all-in-one code" and "all-in-one manual" service systems that

embody efforts in building a new and smart governmental affairs service model

to fully satisfy the diverse scope of corporate needs.

To address issues for companies and create better business environment has

always been a mission of Shuangliu District. Going forward, the District will

continue meeting demands of enterprises to bring assurance and convenience to

them, instill genuine confidence in corporate decision-makers, earnestly create

a top-notch business climate noted for comparative advantages, and reinforce

the faith among Japanese and Korean companies to invest in Shuangliu.

Source: Shuangliu District Government of Chengdu