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NINGBO, China, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Leveraging Port Vitality to Outline New Roadmaps for Coastal Cities

-- an interview with Xue Jian, Consul General of the People's Republic of China

in Osaka, and Tanaka Toshimitsu, Director-General of Osaka Ports and Harbors

Bureau

A news reported from NBGD:

The Maritime Silk Road has been essential in promoting the economic and

cultural development of Ningbo and Osaka, Japan, one of the 15 coastal cities

selected for their profound ties with the ocean to be part of Ningbo, Setting

Sail to Embrace the World, an extensive global cross-media reporting project.

In Osaka, Ningbo's media outlets interviewed Xue Jian, Consul General of the

People's Republic of China in Osaka, and Tanaka Toshimitsu, Director-General of

Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau.

In recent years, the Chinese Consulate General in Osaka has been actively

helping Chinese-funded enterprises form new connections while communicating a

compelling China story. Consul General Xue spoke highly of Ningbo's

achievements as a hub city on the Belt and Road. In 2020, despite the

challenges brought on by the global pandemic, Ningbo and Osaka successfully

initiated the Ningbo-Osaka "Maritime Express Channel" as a new way to boost

maritime relations during a time when many international flight services were

suspended.

The 2025 World Expo will be held in Osaka. Tanaka Toshimitsu, Director-General

of Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau, told reporters that the main venue of the

Expo will be built on Yumeshima, an artificial island reclaimed with

construction waste soil. Policies on using waste soil for reclamation have

transformed Osaka's coastlines and ports into "Harbors of the Future" with

low-carbon lifestyles.

Tanaka said that in the new century, the booming world economy has created

environmental problems and energy crises around the world, presenting new

challenges to the development of ports in Ningbo and Osaka.

Compared with 20 years ago, Osaka Port's container shipping volume with China

is approximately 20% higher, a number that gives Tanaka great confidence in

China-Japan trade and Ningbo-Osaka trade.

According to Tanaka, about 130 Japanese companies (including multinationals

headquartered in Osaka) have a presence in Ningbo, providing good opportunities

for Ningbo Port and Osaka Port to strengthen their connection and expand

cooperation in IT and smart technologies, while outlining a more ambitious

long-term roadmap for coastal development.

source:NBGD

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