Conference of the International Trade and Investment Advisory Council for Shandong Province 2021 Held Successfully

On the afternoon of December 21, Jinan, Shandong Province witnessed the Conference of the International Trade and Investment Advisory Council for Shandong Province 2021. The conference was hosted by Shandong Provincial People's Government and jointly organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shandong Sub-council, Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government and Department of Commerce of Shandong Province. With the theme of "Integrating into the New Development Pattern and Promoting High-Quality Development", the conference was held both online and offline. At the meeting, Zhou Naixiang, governor of Shandong Province, awarded certificates to 19 international trade and investment advisors for Shandong Province, and they had in-depth discussions and exchanges to promote practical cooperation and plan high-quality development of Shandong Province in the new era.

Conference of the International Trade and Investment Advisory Council for Shandong Province 2021 [Photo by Huang Zhongming]

Prior to the meeting, 19 international trade and investment advisors for Shandong Province submitted the advisory reports. Focusing on improving business environment, expanding economic and trade cooperation, promoting economic transformation and upgrading, they offered opinions and suggestions covering more than 10 fields, including fully integrating into the general context of opening-up, enhancing international influence, expanding investment cooperation, strengthening targeted industry matchmaking, promoting scientific and technological innovation. At the conference, eight representative advisors had exchanges and delivered speeches. 

Conference of the International Trade and Investment Advisory Council for Shandong Province 2021 [Photo by Huang Zhongming]

Shandong Province has established the mechanism of Conference of the International Trade and Investment Advisory Council for Shandong Province, with the aim to pool global wisdom and share experience, promote scientific decision-making, advance high-level opening-up to the outside world, better serve and integrate into the new development pattern. Via this mechanism, great minds from around the world will share successful global experience on the development of economy, science and technology, education, culture and other fields, as well as provide opinions and advice on propelling socio-economic development of Shandong Province, so as to further boost its opening-up.