On June 4, the “China (Anhui) Trade and Investment Promotion Conference and Haike Roundtable” was held in Tokyo, Japan. The event was jointly organized by the Anhui Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Japan-China Economic Association. The conference focused on leading, emerging, and future industries, promoting Anhui’s investment environment and cooperation projects. It invited political and business guests from China and Japan for face-to-face exchanges to expand cooperation opportunities, assist Anhui enterprises in “going global,” and attract Japanese investment enterprises to “come in.”

Attendees included Manabu Takamizawa, Director of the Japan-China Economic Association; Zheng Dongtao, Director of the Anhui Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Zhu Xunyi, Deputy Director of the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism; Huang Xingyuan, Chinese Director of the Japan-China Friendship Center; Huang Ping, President of the General Corporation-Association of HuiShang in Japan; and other government and business representatives from Anhui and Japan.

Zheng Dongtao reviewed the long history of exchanges between Anhui and Japan. He expressed hope that the World Expo would provide an opportunity to promote in-depth dialogue and cultural exchanges between Huangshan and Mount Fuji, and between ancient villages in southern Anhui and townhouses in Kyoto. At the same time, Anhui is willing to deepen mutual learning and practical cooperation with Japan in high-end manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection, green energy, digital economy, and other fields.

Zhu Xunyi introduced the rapid development of Anhui’s culture and tourism sector, highlighting Anhui’s efforts to build the Southern Anhui International Cultural Tourism Demonstration Zone centered on Huangshan. Anhui’s cultural tourism features are diverse, boasting famous mountains such as Huangshan and Jiuhua Mountain and abundant hot spring resources. The prospects for cultural tourism investment are broad. Anhui actively promotes cultural tourism projects and has established an industrial investment fund. Zhu also detailed three key projects: Huangshan Hot Spring Resort, Lujiang County’s Fanhuayuan Cultural Tourism Complex, and Chuzhou City’s Dalangya Mountain Tourism Resort, with a total investment of 14 billion yuan, aiming to build world-class leisure and vacation destinations.

At the conference, five representatives from the Japanese business community—including Satoshi Yamanobe, Executive Officer of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., and Kentaro Maruki, Executive Officer and Head of China Business Promotion at Mizuho Bank—along with five Anhui enterprise representatives including Yan Lijun, Executive Deputy General Manager of Anhui Gujing Group, spoke in turn. They shared insights and offered suggestions for economic and trade investment cooperation between Anhui and Japan. Participants engaged in deep exchanges included Itochu Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric, H.I.S., Komura-Tech, Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., TPR Corporation, TRESBO, Japan VE Association, Nishimura & Asahi Law Firm, UPRISE, and Mitsubishi UFJ Bank (MUFG Bank).

Source: Anhuinews.com