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At the 2022 Multinational Corporation (Jinan) High-level Dialogue and the 2nd China-Japan Industrial Innovation and Development Exchange Conference, many industry insiders and leaders of multinational corporations discussed the trend of industrial cooperation between Japanese companies and Shandong under the new situation.

The industrial chain and supply chain of China and Japan are both important components of the global value chain. Deepening the economic and trade cooperation between China and Japan is not only in the interests of both countries, but also will inject more positive energy into the development of the Asia-Pacific and even the world economy. A few days ago, the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, the Jinan Municipal People's Government, and the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce co-hosted the "2022 Multinational Corporation (Jinan) High-level Dialogue and the 2nd China-Japan Industrial Innovation and Development Exchange Conference". The heads of multinational companies discussed the trend of Japanese companies and Shandong industrial cooperation under the new situation.

Song Yaoming, Economic and Commercial Minister of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, said that China is striving to build a new development pattern and continue to deepen its opening to the outside world, which will provide more opportunities and release greater dividends to the international community. China and Japan have a solid foundation for mutual learning, and the effective implementation of RCEP will inject strong impetus into Jinan's deepening cooperation with Japan.

Chairman of the Japan-China Investment Promotion Agency and special advisor to Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Yasushi Sato believes that since the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries 50 years ago, bilateral relations have continued to develop, and economic and trade exchanges have become increasingly close. Investment has also achieved steady growth. The entry into force of RCEP has brought significant benefits to the companies of the two countries and contributed to the growth of the world economy.

According to Yu Haitian, deputy secretary of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee and mayor, Jinan today has formed a number of advantages, such as the overlapping of strategic dividends, strong technological innovation strength, strong digital empowerment momentum, solid talent guarantee foundation, and continuous optimization of the business environment. In the future, Jinan will promote the expansion of cooperation with Japan to a deeper level.

"RCEP has brought many new opportunities to the all-round economic and trade cooperation between China and Japan in the new era." Lv Kejian, former director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Commerce and vice president of the National Japan Economic Association, said that the two countries are engaged in technological innovation, digital trade, "carbon There are broad prospects for cooperation in areas such as "peak carbon neutrality", medical care, financial services and modern agriculture. It is necessary to actively promote exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan, expand two-way investment by enterprises of the two countries, and actively expand third-party market cooperation. With the opportunity of regional integration brought by RCEP, Shandong Province can build and improve the global cross-border industrial chain that radiates RCEP member countries, promote the high-end, intelligent and green transformation of traditional foreign trade industries, and promote the industry to climb to the higher end of the value chain. Helping China-Japan economic and trade cooperation to reach a new level.

Regarding the direction of industrial investment cooperation between China and Japan, many heads of multinational companies have clear goals. Satoshi Shinoda, executive director of Marubeni Co., Ltd. and general representative of China, believes that Shandong Province is a major agricultural province with the third largest vegetable producing area in the world. The cooperation between the two sides in modern ecological agriculture will enter a golden period. In the future, Marubeni hopes to carry out more cooperation with Chinese enterprises in the green circular economy; Toshiaki Miyabe, Managing Director of Sojitz (China) Co., Ltd. believes that in the context of changing consumer attitudes, accelerated aging and the "dual carbon" development goal Sojitz will focus on technological innovation, big health, new materials, comprehensive utilization of resources, and clean energy. Sojitz is willing to work with enterprises in Shandong Province to actively seek new tracks, tap new values, and provide new skills.

According to Wang Xingshan, Executive President of Inspur Group and Chairman of Inspur International, the digital transformation of manufacturing industry is an important area of cooperation between enterprises of the two countries in the future, which includes two aspects. One is cooperation on key components and core technologies of intelligent manufacturing, such as Japan The field of robotics with leading advantages; the second is the Internet of Things, sensors, especially the field of Industrial Internet of Things. Chen Yan, executive director of the Japan Enterprise (China) Research Institute, said that the three areas with broad prospects for Sino-Japanese enterprise cooperation in the future are travel, big health and "dual carbon". Different from the previous cooperation model of China's one-way introduction of technology from Japan, the Sino-Japanese cooperation in these three fields will adopt the method of "co-creation" to give full play to the advantages of both parties, so as to achieve breakthroughs in the cooperation in the above-mentioned fields.