東亞經(jīng)濟(jì)交流推進(jìn)機(jī)構(gòu)第五屆總會(huì)將在煙臺(tái)舉辦
The Fifth General Conference of the Organization for the East Asia Economic Department Is to Be Held in Yantai
煙臺(tái)敞開(kāi)胸襟擁抱世界。圖/初陽(yáng)Yantai opens its arms to embrace the world.
由中國(guó)煙臺(tái)市、天津市、青島市、大連市,日本北九州市、下關(guān)市、福岡市、熊本市,韓國(guó)釜山廣域市、仁川廣域市、蔚山廣域市等11個(gè)會(huì)員城市參加的東亞經(jīng)濟(jì)交流推進(jìn)機(jī)構(gòu)(以下簡(jiǎn)稱“機(jī)構(gòu)”)第五屆總會(huì)將于本月下旬在煙臺(tái)舉辦。這是煙臺(tái)市2015年舉辦的最重要的國(guó)際會(huì)議之一,同時(shí)也是東亞3國(guó)11個(gè)城市開(kāi)展環(huán)黃海地區(qū)次區(qū)域合作、加快推進(jìn)煙臺(tái)中日韓地方經(jīng)濟(jì)合作示范區(qū)和煙臺(tái)中韓產(chǎn)業(yè)園建設(shè)的一次重要會(huì)議。本次機(jī)構(gòu)總會(huì)的主題是推進(jìn)會(huì)員城市間相互投資合作。
東亞經(jīng)濟(jì)交流推進(jìn)機(jī)構(gòu)成立于2004年,前身是1991年發(fā)起創(chuàng)立的東亞(環(huán)黃海)城市會(huì)議,是東亞環(huán)黃海地區(qū)中日韓城市之間建立的國(guó)際友城交流合作機(jī)制,宗旨是促進(jìn)各城市間經(jīng)濟(jì)交流,實(shí)現(xiàn)貿(mào)易、投資自由化,最終目標(biāo)是建立區(qū)域性自貿(mào)區(qū)。機(jī)構(gòu)總會(huì)每?jī)赡暾匍_(kāi)一次,由會(huì)員城市市長(zhǎng)和國(guó)際商會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng)參加,協(xié)商確定機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)展方向、主要交流計(jì)劃等重大問(wèn)題,是機(jī)構(gòu)最高級(jí)別會(huì)議。機(jī)構(gòu)總會(huì)的召開(kāi)為推動(dòng)各城市在國(guó)際經(jīng)濟(jì)貿(mào)易、物流、環(huán)保、旅游等領(lǐng)域開(kāi)展廣泛的交流與合作發(fā)揮了重要作用。
煙臺(tái)市自1994年參與機(jī)構(gòu)的各項(xiàng)交流活動(dòng)以來(lái),與各城市在經(jīng)貿(mào)、環(huán)保、物流、人文等領(lǐng)域交往密切,為推動(dòng)煙臺(tái)市對(duì)外開(kāi)放,特別是對(duì)日韓的交流合作發(fā)揮了重要作用。煙臺(tái)市還于2006年10月的亞歐論壇期間承辦了第二屆旅游分會(huì)會(huì)議,2008年9月的第二屆葡酒節(jié)暨第十屆果蔬會(huì)期間承辦了第五屆制造業(yè)分會(huì)會(huì)議,2013年8月承辦了第八屆環(huán)境分會(huì)會(huì)議,同年11月召開(kāi)了第八屆機(jī)構(gòu)執(zhí)行委員會(huì)會(huì)議。目前,日韓各機(jī)構(gòu)城市在煙臺(tái)均有投資,煙臺(tái)還開(kāi)通了到日本北九州市、下關(guān)市、福岡市、韓國(guó)仁川市、釜山市的海上航線,到韓國(guó)仁川、釜山的空中航線。
The fi fth general conference of the Organization for the East Asia Economic Department to be participated by 11 member cities including China’s Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian and Yantai, Japan’s Kitakyushu, Shimonoseki, Fukuoka and Kumamoto, and Korea’s Busan Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City and Ulsan Metropolitan City will be held on Nov.22 in Yantai. It is one of the most important international conferences in Yantai in 2015 and a signif i cant meeting for the eleven cities in East Asia to conduct sub-regional cooperation in the Pan Yellow Sea Region and speed up the construction of the China-Japan-South Korea Free-Trade Zone.
Ever since Yantai participated in the exchanges of the organization in 1994, it has made close relations with the other cities in economic trade, environmental protection, logistics and humanity and has played a key role to promote the opening of Yantai and especially the communication and cooperation with Japan and Korea. Authorized by Shandong Provincial Government, Yantai leaders organized teams to participate in every general conference held in Japan and Korea. At present the member cities in Japan and Korea all make investment in Yantai. Yantai also opens its sea lanes to Japan’s Kitakyushu, Shimonoseki and Fukuoka, and Korea’s Incheon and Busan in addition to its air routes to Korea’s Incheon and Busan.