On June 29^th, 2021, Pan Shuang, Deputy Director of Department of Commerce of Liaoning Province, met Kodo Tsujimura, head of Shenyang Japanese Association, and the new members of its board of directors.

Pan said that Liaoning Province has been putting great emphasis on the economic and trade communications with Japan, and both parties have been maintaining close cooperative relations. Department of Commerce of Liaoning Province has been responsible for the foreign economic and trade communications within the province, and it has been working hard to promote the economic and trade exchange and cooperation between Liaoning Province and Japan together with Shenyang Japanese Association for many years. With mutual basis and geographical advantages, the economic and trade cooperation between Liaoning Province and Japan has great developing potentials in the future. He hopes that the Japanese enterprises in Shenyang shall grasp the new opportunities of all-round cooperation between Liaoning Province and Japan, and deepen the cooperative relations in the fields of industrial upgrade, trade, and market expansion, etc. to construct the new layout of mutual benefit and win-win situation. To build a better business environment, the commercial system of Liaoning Province has established the mechanism of “commercial serviceman”: Offering “face-to-face” services by a specific serviceman for every foreign investment enterprise. They immediately make feedback on the problems of the enterprises, and find solutions as soon as possible. They also pay special attention to the advices and suggestions of the foreign investment companies in Liaoning in the aspects of policy making and implementation, etc., to optimize the business environment for the relevant companies with higher standards, and to promote the cooperation of the two parties.

Kodo Tsujimura extended great appreciation to the support given by Department of Commerce of Liaoning Province to Japanese enterprises in Shenyang during COVID-19 epidemic, and said that Shenyang Japanese Association would continue conducting constructive communications with the department on the developing situations of Japanese enterprises in Shenyang to positively promote the economic and trade cooperation of the two parties.