By Lee Jon-young

Co-hosted by the Shandong Provincial People's Government, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), the 2023 Dialogue – Korea, Shandong Industrial Cooperation Exchange Event will be held on October 13, 2023 at Shilla Hotel in Seoul.

In 2022, the "Dialogue- Korea, Shandong Industrial Cooperation Exchange Event" was successfully held, effectively promoting industrial cooperation and economic and trade exchanges between Shandong Province of China and Korea. 

This year's "Dialogue-Shandong", with the theme of "forging a new consensus on cooperation and fostering new dynamism for development", will be held for the first time in South Korea, focusing on areas such as medical and healthcare, modern agriculture and food, green environmental protection, and advanced manufacturing, and promoting policy communication, mutual learning, and the development of regional industrial cooperation under the support of RCEP.

Shandong Province has been at the forefront of China's east coast economy, population, cultural tourism and innovation for many years, and its unique location advantages and industrial characteristics have made it a bridgehead and the first choice for two-way cooperation between China and South Korea. 

The construction of a green, low-carbon, high-quality development pioneer zone in Shandong is very much in line with South Korea's low-carbon, green growth strategy. RCEP promotes the deep integration of new energy vehicles, high-end chemical industry, daily consumer goods, agricultural food and other industrial chains. 

The construction of a world-class port group in Shandong accelerates the formation of a global supply chain service system, and the constantly optimized business environment solidifies the confidence of foreign companies in deepening the Shandong market. With the improvement of the corona situation, Shandong's economic operation has fully recovered and accelerated its improvement. 

In the first half of this year, the provincial gross regional product reached 4.41 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%, and key indicators such as the value added of industries above scale, the retail gross value of social consumption products, and fixed asset investment are all higher than the national average. 

During the event, more than 100 representatives from relevant government departments, industry associations, medical and health care, green environmental protection, agriculture and food and other fields in Shandong will attend on-site.