The 2020 Promotion Conference for Chengdu Shuangliu Japanese-funded 
Enterprises, themed on "China-Japan Cooperation, Rendezvous in Shuangliu", was 
held in Shanghai on August 27 under the auspices of Shuangliu District 
Government of Chengdu. During the event, nearly a hundred Japanese-funded 
enterprises in Shuangliu District of Sichuan Province including eight Fortune 
Global 500 corporations and nearly 30 leading Chinese enterprises promoted 
Shuangliu's competitive industries, cooperation projects and business 
environment. The event aimed to foster substantive exchanges with Japan in a 
wide range of fields such as science, education, culture, aviation, logistics, 
environment, health and urban construction, further expand channels and 
intensify bilateral cooperation.

Close and cordial neighbors in many regards, China and Japan have long been 
each other's major trading partner. As of the end of 2019, the Eighth 
Trilateral Summit Meeting among the People's Republic of China, the Republic of 
Korea and Japan took place in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, when Chinese and 
Japanese policy-makers reached consensus in further promoting bilateral 
economic and substantive cooperation in multiple fields. The summit once again 
directed the world's attention toward the Sichuan provincial capital of 
Chengdu, which is one of China's nine major central cities and premier 
destinations for Japanese investment in western China. In recent years, a score 
of well-known Japanese corporations such as Toyota, Kobe Steel, Sumitomo 
Electric Industries, and Seven & i Holdings have descended on Chengdu and 
yielded fruitful results in integrating into the city's course of rapid 
development.

Zhang Ruiqin, the Vice Chief Executive of Shuangliu District of Chengdu, 
introduced Shuangliu's basic information, socio-economic development status, 
main industries, geographic advantage and other aspects during her speech. She 
indicated that Shuangliu's greatest feature and strength is the eponymous 
airport, which is the fourth biggest aviation hub in China, emphatically 
developed around which are the three main strategic emerging industries of 
aviation economy, electronic information and biomedicine. At the same time, 
Shuangliu boasts the two hallmarks of Zhuge Liang and giant panda, possesses a 
diverse array of science and education resources, and is noted for its young, 
international, trendy and vibrant characteristics and qualities.

Muroi Takashi, the Economic Consul of the Consulate General of Japan in 
Shanghai mentioned at the meeting that China has stipulated plans in April to 
establish "China-Japan Regional Development Cooperation Model Zones" in six 
cities including Chengdu and Shanghai, adding the belief that the two cities 
would work more closely and jointly create an optimized cooperation platform 
focused on complementary advantages between China and Japan and industrial 
integration, in a bid to facilitate economic exchanges between Japan and these 
two cities to realize leapfrog development.

During the event, Zhang Ruiqin signed strategic cooperation agreements on 
behalf of Shuangliu District Government with Nikken Sekkei (Chengdu) Urban 
Design and Planning Co., Ltd., Japan Special Non-profit Activity Legal Person 
Japan Management Advanced Study Center and Ruiji Zheyue (Beijing) Information 
Consulting Co., Ltd.

The six China-Japan-ROK cooperation model industrial parks in Shuangliu 
District featured in this promo activity were International Cooperation New 
City, Airport Business District, Type B Bonded Logistics Park, International 
Culture and Sports Digital Media Park, International Bio City and International 
Healthcare Town, in addition to promoting the cooperation proposals for the 
three projects of TOD, Mushan Lake and the Belt and Road International Arts 
Center.

This was the second time for Shuangliu to host a Japanese-funded enterprise 
promo fair in Shanghai since 2019. In recent years, Shuangliu revolved around 
establishment of industry function zones, and relied on a multitude of 
functional platforms such as international aviation hub, national-level airport 
economy model zone and pilot free trade zone to fuel the accelerated growth of 
two hundred billion-yuan industrial clusters of aviation economy and electronic 
information. Leaning on outstanding geographic environment elements, Shuangliu 
has pinpointed its focus on key factors such as aviation hub, aviation economy 
and aviation business district to speed up the construction of a modernized 
aviation-centric industry system.

In terms of fostering international business environment, in order to take an 
active stance in responding to China-Japan-ROK urban construction and modern 
service industry open cooperation strategy and creating international 
collaboration model zones, Shuangliu continues to sponsor the campaign to 
facilitate face-to-face communication between the government and enterprises 
over coffee. In addition, Shuangliu is also the first in Sichuan Province to 
roll out the "all-in-one code" and "all-in-one manual" service systems that 
embody efforts in building a new and smart governmental affairs service model 
to fully satisfy the diverse scope of corporate needs.

To address issues for companies and create better business environment has 
always been a mission of Shuangliu District. Going forward, the District will 
continue meeting demands of enterprises to bring assurance and convenience to 
them, instill genuine confidence in corporate decision-makers, earnestly create 
a top-notch business climate noted for comparative advantages, and reinforce 
the faith among Japanese and Korean companies to invest in Shuangliu.

Source: Shuangliu District Government of Chengdu