On the morning of June 21, the RCEP Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Meeting of the Third Qingdao Summit of Multinational Corporation Leaders, hosted by the municipal party committee and the municipal government, was held in Haitian Hotel. Lu Zhiyuan, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attended the exchange meeting and delivered a speech. Mazlan Harun, Minister Counsellor of the Malaysian Embassy in China, Ye Qingwen, Commercial Counsellor of the Singapore Embassy in China, Qian Mingguang, Commercial Counsellor of the Cambodian Embassy in China, and Chen Nida, Commercial Consul of the Thai Consulate General in Qingdao delivered speeches.
At the exchange meeting, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Qingdao Customs introduced our city’s resources and opportunities for RCEP cooperation and measures to help enterprises. Yuzishen Daisuke, the special director and general representative of Sumitomo Corporation in East Asia, Yin Daoxuan, president of CJ Group in China and president of the Korean Chamber of Commerce in China, Sen Changlong, vice president of Itochu Corporation in East Asia and general manager of China Group, Liu Guoping, president of Orix Group in Greater China, Miyabe Minming, general manager of Sunrise (China) Co., Ltd., Hong Zhangdou, general representative of the Korean Trade and Investment Promotion Corporation in Greater China, Xu Ningning, Executive Chairman of the China ASEAN Business Council, and Xu Haibo, Director of Panasonic Northeast Asia, made speeches, introducing their respective development and future cooperation intentions. Zhang Jianhua, the director of West Coast New Area, Jimo District, Qingdao Port International Co., Ltd., and the chairman of Hiking Group, introduced the regional trade and investment cooperation towards RCEP.
Secretary Lu Zhiyuan pointed out that the effective implementation of RCEP has further deepened regional economic connectivity and trade and investment cooperation, which is of great significance for promoting openness and achieving win-win results. As a frontier window of China’s opening up, Qingdao has close contacts and frequent exchanges with RCEP countries, and has a solid foundation for cooperation. Next, we will make good use of open platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone and Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone Qingdao, strengthen exchanges and connectivity, improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, focus on 24 key industrial chains to carry out targeted investment attraction, play the role of enterprises as the main body, deeply link resources of all parties, further expand the space for trade cooperation, improve the level of industrial cooperation, and accelerate the creation of trade facilitation, open services and free investment, It is a demonstration city of RCEP economic and trade cooperation with safe and efficient supervision and strong radiation and driving effect. We sincerely welcome all enterprises to enter Qingdao, invest and start their business, seize the opportunities of RCEP together, and work together to create a better future.
Chairman Zhang Jianhua said in his speech that Hiking Group has established a stable cooperative relationship with more than 5000 customers from more than 150 countries and regions in the world in its decades of operation. The Group attaches great importance to the economic and trade cooperation and multi field exchanges with Japan and South Korea. It has in-depth cooperation with many Japanese and South Korean enterprises, and has established several joint ventures.
He pointed out that as an important coastal central city in China, Qingdao is a frontier window for opening up and a transportation hub to the world. In recent years, it has superimposed the dual national strategies of the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone and the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and has been entrusted with the major responsibility of building a new platform for international cooperation on the “the Belt and Road”. Qingdao has natural advantages in RCEP economic and trade cooperation. At the same time, Qingdao has the unique advantage of adjacency to Japan and the ROK, and its economic and trade cooperation with Japan and the ROK has the advantage of favorable weather, favorable location and harmonious people. Qingdao is close to Japan and South Korea in geography and culture. Its industrial structure and resource elements complement each other. Qingdao has a very broad cooperation prospect. Qingdao can become a bridgehead city for Japanese and South Korean enterprises to enter China’s domestic demand market.
He introduced: “Next, Hiking Group will focus on strengthening cooperation with Japanese and South Korean enterprises and institutions in the following three aspects: first, it will carry out the business of re exporting Japanese second-hand cars to countries along the the Belt and Road with well-known Japanese second-hand car enterprises. Second, in the field of health care, Japan and South Korea have many unique advantages in high-end medicine, biopharmaceuticals, cutting-edge medical equipment, medical personnel training and other fields. We hope to introduce more high-quality Japanese and South Korean Medical resources and advanced technology will improve the medical and nursing level of Qingdao and the region. Third, in the field of new materials, the Group now has many graphite mines, and will focus on developing high value-added graphite refining technology and high-precision graphene preparation to expand the application of graphene in the market. Next, we will actively introduce Japan’s cutting-edge technology in this field, cooperate with relevant Japanese enterprises and scientific research institutions, do a good job in the development and utilization of graphite, a precious resource, and actively develop the green graphene industry with core technology competitiveness. “
With the theme of “new pattern, new sailing and new opportunities”, the exchange was attended by more than 20 leaders of Fortune 500 enterprises, representatives of relevant international organizations and business associations, municipal leaders Liu Jianjun, Sun Haisheng, Li Hongbing, Li Suman and Zhang Yuansheng, leaders of Qingdao Customs, Qingdao Central Branch of the People’s Bank of China, leaders of relevant departments of all districts (cities) and municipalities, and key enterprises of Qingdao in trade and investment cooperation with RCEP member countries.
