Qilu.com·Lightning News, April 16th. The "China, Japan and South Korea Connection and Cooperation Development Shandong Tour" event sponsored by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the People’s Government of Shandong Province will be held in the near future to further promote exchanges between Shandong and Japan and South Korea. Win-win with cooperation. Currently, the event is under intense preparations.

It is understood that the "China, Japan and South Korea Cooperation Development Trip to Shandong" event is expected to be the largest offline foreign affairs event held in Shandong since last year, and will set up a new and broad stage for China, Japan and South Korea cooperation.

Zhou Wei, director of the Secretariat of the Shandong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, told reporters: “The Provincial Foreign Affairs Office has set up a special work class. The Provincial Development and Reform Commission has also specifically screened key projects for cooperation with Japan and South Korea. The Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial SASAC are also organizing Enterprises are developing docking with large Japanese and Korean companies, and the 16 cities will also carry out featured recommendations at activities."

Shandong is a "bridgehead" for cooperation between China and Japan and South Korea, and is one of the Chinese provinces with the closest and most convenient exchanges with Japan and South Korea. In recent years, the economic and cultural exchanges between Shandong and Japan and South Korea have continued to deepen. The trade volume between Shandong and South Korea accounts for nearly 1/10 of the total trade volume between China and South Korea, and the trade volume between Shandong and Japan accounts for more than 7% of the total trade volume between China and Japan. There are 5,626 existing investment companies in Shandong by Japan and South Korea, with a total investment of US$31.85 billion and more than 300,000 employees. At present, Shandong is accelerating the construction of the new and old kinetic energy conversion comprehensive pilot zone, China (Shandong) Free Trade Pilot Zone, SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone and other national-brand platforms, which have laid a good foundation for successfully hosting this event.

Speaking of the upcoming "China, Japan and South Korea Cooperation and Development of the Shandong Tour" event, Ji Caiyun, Director of the Asian Division of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province and a first-level investigator, said: "There are a large number of participants and many organizations from Japan and South Korea. This is the first time to come to Shandong. Everyone hopes that through this meeting, tangible results can be achieved, which will further promote Shandong's cooperation with Japan and South Korea to a new level and help Shandong build a new highland of opening up."