CHANGCHUN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — A raft of high-tech achievements and merchandise attracted the eye of many firms from Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) attending the 14th China-Northeast Asia Expo, which concluded Sunday in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province.
A complete of 99 tasks have been signed throughout the five-day expo, setting a brand new document when it comes to the dimensions of challenge investments, mentioned Lyu Haiqiang, deputy director of the chief committee of the expo.
These ventures span a various spectrum of sectors, together with new power, fashionable agriculture, tools manufacturing, prescription drugs, healthcare and fashionable companies.
“Compared with their Japanese counterparts, Chinese scientists are generally young and more energetic, which is making China’s science and technology develop rapidly,” mentioned Haruko Yoneyama, a senior adviser to the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Jilin just lately unveiled 15 high-tech achievements and merchandise masking three areas, particularly, optoelectronic data and clever manufacturing, new supplies and new power, and drugs, well being and fashionable agriculture. Among these, quite a few new applied sciences which have attained a globally main normal have been counseled by Haruko Yoneyama.
“I am optimistic about the prospects of China’s scientific and technological development, and I am looking forward to the progress of China’s scientific and technological innovation in areas such as artificial intelligence and big data,” she mentioned.
Toshio Shinoda, regional CEO for China of Marubeni Corporation, mentioned the corporate has lengthy finished enterprise with enterprises in Jilin, partaking in fields like water purification and actual property. With high-tech developments thriving within the province, Marubeni Corporation has broadened its scope of cooperation with China, extending into areas like agricultural merchandise and meals, whereas additionally venturing into the realm of sensible agriculture.
“Jilin is rich in wind, solar and renewable energy. We hope to cooperate with Chinese enterprises in the fields of new energy and carbon neutrality there,” Toshio Shinoda mentioned.
Lee Sung-ho, head of the Changchun workplace of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, famous that Jilin has actively formulated new improvement plans, together with specializing in cultivating rising industries, particularly within the subject of recent power autos (NEVs). Local automakers are increasing international cooperation and funding within the analysis and improvement of core know-how in new areas comparable to electrical autos and driverless automobiles.
He mentioned the ROK authorities can also be investing closely within the improvement of the environment-friendly NEV business, and China and the ROK have broad area for cooperation on this subject.
“We hope that the expo will serve as an opportunity for Northeast Asian countries to foster emerging industries and carry out collaborations,” Lee mentioned.
According to the members, the exchanges between China, Japan and the ROK within the high-tech subject will not be solely a driving drive for selling pleasant competitors but additionally open up new avenues of cooperation.
“The ROK and China are geographically close, and the economic cooperation between the two sides is also closely linked. The youth of the two countries shoulder the common future, and are looking forward to more opportunities to exchange, as well as contributing to the peace in Northeast Asia and the economic development of China and the ROK,” mentioned Jeon Yong-gi of the Minjoo Party of Korea.
Themed “Joint Development of Northeast Asia in Cooperation for the Future,” the expo noticed the offline participation of over 20,000 retailers from 123 nations and areas.
The China-Northeast Asia Expo has change into a major platform for constructing consensus and forging financial and commerce cooperation between China and its neighboring nations, and even past.
Since its inception in 2005, the China-Northeast Asia Expo has seen 14 editions and witnessed the signing of greater than 3,000 cooperation tasks with the whole funding worth exceeding 2 trillion yuan (about 278.33 billion U.S. {dollars}).