From December 1st to 8th, Zheng Deyan, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor, led a delegation to visit Japan and South Korea, and participated in the Shandong-Japan Open Cooperation Promotion Conference and Shandong-South Korea Open Cooperation Promotion Conference held in Japan and South Korea. Promoted the Jinan area of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone, established cooperation channels with important Japanese and Korean companies and economic and trade institutions, promoted the signing of a number of cooperation projects in the fields of medical care, biomedicine, and digital service trade, and achieved fruitful results.

　　Japan and South Korea are important targets of Jinan's opening to the outside world and international cooperation in the Jinan area of Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone. During the visit, the delegation seized the development opportunities brought about by high-level visits and dialogues, and focused on promoting strategic cooperation in frontier fields. Accompanied by Zheng Deyan, the main leaders of the Provincial Party Committee met with President Takeshi Uchiyamada of Toyota Motor Corporation, Kuniharu Nakamura, President of Sumitomo Corporation, and Akihiro Hikaku, President of Toray Corporation, and visited the Japan Science and Technology Promotion Agency. The strategic cooperation agreement between the city and Toray Co., Ltd. has promoted the cooperation between the city and Japan in the fields of medical care, hydrogen energy, and cutting-edge composite materials. At events such as the Shandong-Japan Open Cooperation Promotion Conference and the Shandong-Korea Open Cooperation Promotion Conference, Zheng Deyan introduced the Jinan area of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone, focusing on medical care, digital service trade, transformation of scientific and technological achievements and Cooperation in the planning and construction of China-Japan (China-Korea) industrial parks. At the site of the promotion meeting, our city signed cooperation agreements with Japan's Sumitomo Corporation on medical and health care and other key areas, cooperation with the Japan International Network Intelligence Association and the Japan-China Talents Association on the Jinan China-Japan High-Tech Park Project, and Japan Information Service Industry Association on cooperation Mechanism exchanges in the software information service industry, cooperation with Japan Sysmex Co., Ltd. on high-end medical equipment projects, cooperation with South Korea MEDIPOST Co., Ltd. on cartilage regeneration stem cell projects, etc. A number of mechanism platform and entity project cooperation agreements. At the same time, the delegation also conducted in-depth docking with the Korean-Chinese Cultural Association, the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Korean Fashion Designers Association on cross-border e-commerce, cultural creativity and other fields, and visited Japan's Hitachi Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The company, South Korea's COSMAX and other industry leaders will promote in-depth cooperation in the fields of smart energy, medical care, equipment manufacturing, and cosmetics research and development.

　　The heads of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau and other departments accompanied the visit.