On April 20, the Information Office of the Shandong Provincial Government held a press conference to introduce the activities of "China, Japan and South Korea’s Joint Development of Shandong Tour". A reporter from the New Times learned from the meeting that the event will start on April 24 and will include four phases: meeting, dialogue, business matchmaking and local government cooperation matchmaking, and visits. The site has a scale of nearly 500 people. More than 160 foreign guests are the largest offline foreign exchange event held in our province since the epidemic.

The organization of this event always adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, actively integrates into and serves the overall situation of the country’s opening up, showcases the new image of Shandong’s opening up and development, serves to create a new highland for opening up, and serves the construction of a modern and powerful province in the new era .

The event was co-sponsored by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the People's Government of Shandong Province, and was undertaken by the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province, the Development and Reform Commission of Shandong Province, and the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province. The event is held in a combination of online and offline methods. The province is dominated by offline conferences, with a scale of nearly 500 people, including more than 160 foreign guests, mainly including executives of large Japanese and Korean companies in China, first generations of local government representative offices, economic and trade institutions, media representatives, and Japanese and Korean embassies and consulates in China Representatives, etc.; Chinese participants mainly include nearly 300 people from relevant departments directly under the province, 16 municipal governments and relevant departments, key industrial parks in the province, business representatives, and university think tanks. Overseas branch venues in Japan and South Korea will be set up online, and the event will be broadcast live. It is expected that nearly a thousand companies will be watched online.

Main content of the activity:

The offline venues mainly include: "China, Japan and South Korea Cooperation and Development of Shandong Tour" dialogue, business matchmaking fairs, local government cooperation matchmaking meetings, visits and other activities. In addition, around the main venue, we will also set up a promotional display area for Shandong Province and Japanese and Korean participating organizations.

The online sub-venue, in addition to the full live broadcast, is mainly hosted by the CCB “Global Matchmaker” platform. Participating companies organize online negotiation activities for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean companies by publishing project requirements in advance.

Activity planning:

The event was carried out in four stages.

The first stage: On the evening of the 24th, the provincial leadership group met and participated in the welcome dinner.

The second stage: On the morning of the 25th, the "China, Japan and South Korea's cooperation in developing Shandong trip" dialogue meeting, mainly including the opening ceremony of the dialogue meeting and the unveiling signing ceremony, theme promotion, etc.

The third stage: On the afternoon of the 25th, the "China, Japan and South Korea docking and cooperation development trip to Shandong" business matchmaking meeting and local government cooperation matchmaking meeting were held in parallel. The business matchmaking conference mainly carries out "one-to-one" matchmaking talks for enterprises; the local government cooperation matchmaking meeting, representatives of local governments in Japan and South Korea and the provincial municipal governments will respectively promote, and then enter the link of local government mutual matchmaking talks.

The fourth stage: on the 26th, visit and study. One is to investigate Confucian traditional culture in Jining; the other is to investigate Tai'an. The preparatory work for various conference affairs is proceeding in an intense and orderly manner.

Up to now, in addition to the leaders of the National Friendship Association and the provincial government, there are 120 representatives from provincial departments, 16 cities, enterprises, and college think tanks; foreign foreign trade enterprises in our province, large state-owned enterprises, and private enterprises A total of more than 180 Shandong enterprises will participate in the business matchmaking conference; CCB has organized more than 90 enterprises to participate in the online matchmaking talks on the "Global Matchmaker" platform through the preliminary investigation, and more than 800 enterprises have registered for the online observation meeting; The conference promotion content, conference affairs organization, and visits and inspection activities organized by each unit are basically in place; the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office also actively coordinates the province’s Japanese and Korean translation forces and Japanese and Korean student volunteers from key universities to ensure simultaneous interpretation and exchange at the conference. Interpretation and volunteer services; Shandong Building and related departments have organized special forces to do a good job in venue layout, boarding and lodging arrangements, epidemic prevention and control, etc., to ensure that there are no problems. The preparatory work for various conference affairs is proceeding in an intense and orderly manner.

According to reports, the exchanges between Shandong and Japan and South Korea started early and the exchanges were deep. Japan and South Korea have always been Shandong's priority in promoting local cooperation. In recent years, Shandong has had frequent exchanges with the Japanese and South Korean governments, close economic and trade cooperation between enterprises, and extensive and in-depth non-governmental cultural exchanges. Up to now, Shandong and the local governments of Japan and South Korea have concluded 47 pairs of sister city relations, more than 100 pairs of friendly cooperative relations, and successively established more than 20 regional local exchange platforms. In recent years, the trade volume between South Korea and South Korea has accounted for nearly 1/10 of the total trade volume between China and South Korea, and the trade volume between South Korea and Japan has accounted for more than 1/7 of the total trade volume between China and Japan. There are nearly 6,000 investment companies in Shandong between Japan and South Korea, with a total investment of about 30 billion US dollars, the number of employees reached more than 300,000. In the process of fighting the epidemic, the local governments, enterprises, and institutions in Shandong, Japan and South Korea have supported and encouraged each other. Not only did they send letters of condolences to each other and boost confidence, but they also donated epidemic prevention materials to each other, exchanged anti-epidemic experience, and demonstrated each other. Deep friendship. At the same time, exchanges and cooperation in the fields of education, science and technology, culture, tourism, and sports have also yielded fruitful results.