Chinanews, Qingdao, December 17 (Reporter Hu Yaojie) The 2021 Japan-Korea (Qingdao) Import Commodities Fair (online exhibition) opened on the 17th in Chengyang District, Qingdao.

This year's expo uses VR special decoration display, corporate display, online live broadcast and other functional modules to connect the exhibition hall on the cloud. It uses various functions such as online display, live broadcast promotion, supply and procurement docking, online negotiation and other functions to break through the space constraints and realize the transformation from "face to face" to The "screen-to-screen" transformation has attracted 700 companies from China, Japan and South Korea to bring together more than 5,000 exhibits, "Cloud".

  This year's expo opened three themed exhibition areas for imported goods from Japan and South Korea, equipment companies from Japan and South Korea, and cross-border e-commerce products.

Among them, the Japanese and Korean equipment enterprises exhibition area specially invited Kawasaki Robotics, Matsuura Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Korea Hyundai Robotics, Japan's Mitutoyo Precision Instruments, Hyundai Binglun Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and other Japanese and Korean equipment manufacturing brands to make their appearances, bringing high-end equipment and innovative technologies. Share the latest concepts of global intelligent manufacturing and continuously stimulate application imagination.

  Tomokumi Yoshida, chief consul of the Japanese Consulate General in Qingdao, believes that this Expo will further deepen the economic and trade relations between Japan and Qingdao. Under the background of the promotion of Shandong Province’s development strategy and the signing of RCEP, all parties will deepen the relationship between Japan and Qingdao. Economic and trade exchanges and deepening the integration of the industrial chain between China and Japan are full of expectations.

She said that Japan and Qingdao will surely establish a win-win relationship in various fields such as trade, science and technology, agriculture, medical care, high-end manufacturing, and environmental protection.

  Park Hee Bing, consul of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Qingdao, said that China, Japan and South Korea are geographically close. The three countries have always used their own characteristics and advantages to cooperate and develop in coordination with neighboring countries. The three countries have gathered wisdom and overcome various difficulties.

It is hoped that this Expo will not only help companies from various countries realize commodity trade, but also bring new opportunities for cooperation and development among China, Japan and South Korea.

Seven hundred companies from China, Japan and South Korea brought together more than 5,000 exhibits "Cloud".

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  According to reports, this expo covers all-weather online virtual display, online promotion, online negotiation, supply and sourcing docking, marketing activities, network-wide publicity and other sections. The scope of the exhibition includes smart beauty products, daily chemical products, shoes, clothing, luggage, food and beverage, Eight major sectors, including equipment manufacturing and household daily use, are committed to building a new platform for international, branding and professional China-Japan-Korea online economic and trade cooperation integrating exhibition, promotion, commerce and negotiation.

  Liu Shengzhen, deputy director of the Standing Committee of Qingdao Municipal People's Congress, believes that Qingdao, as a "bridgehead" for Shandong Province to open up to Japan and South Korea, relying on its location advantages, Qingdao has a deep relationship with Japan and South Korea.

South Korea and Japan are Qingdao’s second and third largest sources of investment, and the third and second largest trading partners.

From January to October this year, Qingdao’s total foreign trade import and export value was 697.56 billion yuan, an increase of 36.7%; trade volume with South Korea and Japan increased by 39.8% and 15.3% respectively; the actual use of foreign capital was 5.38 billion US dollars, an increase of 18.7%.

  It is reported that, with the theme of “Aggregation and Linkage, Empowering the Future”, this Expo will innovate the “online cloud exhibition” model. It will last for 2 days and adopt the two-line integration model of “online live roadshows and offline trade procurement”. With the help of a professional branded China-Japan-Korea online economic and trade cooperation platform, build effective bridges between China, Japan and South Korea in cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation, and promote regional economic cooperation among the three countries.

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