On the evening of September 13, Jinan City Mayor Zhang Jianguo met with Tokyo delegation led by Mr. Nakata, chairman of Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, in Sofitel Silver Plaza Hotel. Members of the delegation are the representatives from enterprises, intermediary agencies and news media in Tokyo area. This time we invited guests to visit our province mainly to further strengthen the cooperation between our province and Japan in the modern manufacturing industry, high-tech, energy saving and environmental protection, outsourcing of services and modern agriculture and other fields, and enhance the visibility of Shandong in Japan. Zhang said during the meeting that, at present, while supporting the development in key high-tech industries, advanced manufacturing and modern services, Jinan adheres to opening to the outside and vigorously promotes the readjustment of the economic structure. The enterprises from dozens of countries and regions including Japan have set up joint ventures or wholly-owned enterprises in Jinan, especially Matsushita, NEC, Hitachi and other well-known enterprises from Japan having all achieved good economic results here. In recent years the field of software and outsourcing of services has become a bright spot of cooperation between Jinan and Japan, with broad prospects for bilateral cooperation. |