New platform boosts Sino-Japanese cooperation

A Sino-Japanese friendship-exchange story sharing event with the theme of new cooperation patterns in the new era was held in Osaka, Japan on June 12.

Guests from different fields enjoy the Sino-Japanese stories. [Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

Thirteen guests from various industries in Guangzhou and representatives from Japan reviewed stories of Sino-Japanese friendship and looked forward to a bright future for it.

Among other achievements at the occasion, Guangdong Provincial Publishing Group signed a cooperation agreement with Japan Kadokawa Group, Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa, and Liangmu Co Ltd.

In addition, Japanese version of the Chinese Dream·Guangdong Story Series was unveiled, and Guangdong Radio and Television and Southern Satellite TV staged a signing ceremony for their entry into Japan.

Musicians play Japanese traditional shamisen at the event.[Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

Li Tianran, Chinese consul general in Osaka, said in his opening speech that Sino-Japanese relations have returned to normal, and that peace, friendship and cooperation of China and Japan has been re-launched, which will provide more new opportunities for cooperation and development in various fields.

"Guangdong, as China's first major economic province, has huge cooperation space with Japan in the future with opportunities arising from Guangdong-Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area construction," he said.

He hoped that Guangdong will continue to increase exchanges and cooperation with Japan and seize the precious opportunities for improvement in China-Japan relations, adding that progress could be made at the local level and in private sectors with the new concept of Sino-Japanese cooperation.

Koji Kadowaki, Guangzhou Honda’s first general manager, said that the success secret of Honda’s joint venture with GAC is that both parties are aware of their different thinking patterns.

"In the past few years' cooperation, we have gradually established trust. We believe that only by mutual trust can we achieve win-win cooperation," said Wu Song, executive deputy general manager of Guangzhou Automobile Group.

The cartoonist Jin Cheng told about the centuries-old origins of Chinese and Japanese anime and his anime life. As a joint curator, he promoted the first large-scale one-month Chinese anime artists’ trip to Japan, which took in the ink and wash in Kobe as well as the skills of Osaka and Nara.

Mobile game industry cooperation between China and Japan has also increased.

The phenomenally successful mobile game “Yin Yang Shi”, independently developed by Netease, was very popular three years ago. Zheng Tao, the planner of the Netease game, described the Sino-Japanese cultural blending of the product.

Chinese online retailer Vipshop and tech company EHang, also introduced their stories related to Japan at the event.

More than 250 people from all walks of life in both countries participated in the event.