Changchun, June 28 (Xinhua Guo Jia) Jilin Trade Promotion Council held economic and trade talks on the cloud with Singapore and Finland respectively on June 28. The reporter was informed that Singaporean and Finnish enterprises hope to make new breakthroughs in cooperation with Jilin Province in such fields as deep processing of agricultural products, intelligent manufacturing, health care and winter sports.

　　Jilin Province is an old industrial base in northeast China with developed industries such as automobile, high-speed railway and satellite. At the same time, Jilin is also an important commodity grain production base, an important herbal medicine planting area and a large province of ice and snow industry in China. In recent years, through the China-Northeast Asia Expo and other economic and trade platforms, Jilin Province's international circle of friends has been expanding, and advantageous industries are gradually integrated into the global industrial chain.

　　Over the years, Singaporean enterprises have invested in Jilin Province, focusing on automotive manufacturing, business services and other fields. In the first half of this year, although Jilin Province was affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, its trade volume with Singapore still maintained its growth trend, and in the first four months, its total import and export value to Singapore reached 250 million yuan (RMB, the same below), up 42.2% year-on-year.

　　Hu Jinsheng, president of the Singapore China Chamber of Commerce, said that despite the impact of the epidemic at the moment, the huge Chinese market has unlimited potential and is very attractive to investors. In the golden period after the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) came into effect, Singapore enterprises are eager to strengthen cooperation with Jilin Province in agriculture and industry, etc. After the epidemic, the Chamber will invite more Singapore entrepreneurs to visit Jilin Province.

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This year, the economic and trade cooperation between Jilin Province and Finland has picked up against the trend. In the first four months, Jilin Province's total imports and exports to Finland reached 11.929 million yuan, up 131.1% year-on-year. "This shows that the economic and trade cooperation between Jilin Province and Finland is resilient and has great potential." Li Qingchen, president of the Jilin Trade Promotion Association, said that this year Jilin Province will host the World Cold Economy Conference, which will hopefully open up new space for cooperation between the two sides in areas such as winter sports.

　　Marco Tian, commercial counsellor of the Finnish Embassy in China and head of the Finnish National Business Promotion Agency in China, said that Finland and Jilin Province have had frequent trade contacts in recent years, and Finland has set up a Finnish pavilion at the China-Northeast Asia Expo. "More than 20 Finnish companies are attending the conference today, and they hope to have practical cooperation with Jilin Province in smart manufacturing, healthcare, winter sports, energy and digitalization."

　　The day's two economic and trade talks on the cloud attracted nearly 70,000 viewers. Jilin Chinese Medicine and Health Industry Association and Singapore China Chamber of Commerce in Medicine and Health Products signed a memorandum of cooperation, and Jilin Federation of Health Industry and Finland EuropCom Consulting Ltd. signed an agreement on the cooperation of Sino-Finnish Lekom project.

　　In addition, Singaporean and Finnish enterprises also held counterpart negotiations with Jilin enterprises. Initially, 25 Jilin enterprises and 21 Singaporean enterprises reached an intentional signing amount of 15.9 million RMB, and 32 Jilin enterprises and 29 Finnish enterprises reached an intentional signing amount of 10.6 million RMB.

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