http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/15/content_6725260.htm
Global Chinese entrepreneurs gather in Japan for biennial convention
2007-09-15 09:46:09
The 9th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention will be held in Kobe
on Sept. 15-16 and move to Osaka on Sept. 17, with some 3,600 attendants from
33 countries and regions. (Xinhua Photo)
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KOBE, Japan, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Over 3,000 ethnic Chinese
entrepreneurs from around the world gathered Saturday in Kobe, Japan to enhance
business exchange and networking in the 9th World Chinese Entrepreneurs
Convention (WCEC).
Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Jia Qinglin, who is visiting Japan,
congratulated the opening of the convention through a keynote speech.
It is significant that the WCEC is held in Japan at the 35th
anniversary marking the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties between
China and Japan, Jia said, hoping that the convention will promote economic and
cultural exchanges between the two countries.
Overseas ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs have been actively
participating in international economic cooperation and competition as well as
building economic networking around the world, Jia said, adding that they have
been contributing to the global economy in a unique way.
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure and
Transport, said at the ceremony that he hoped the conference can gather the
economic energy of global Chinese entrepreneurs and also can connect with
Japanese business circle.
Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, candidate of
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election scheduled next
week, also sent his congratulations to the convention through a video message.
Among the some 3,000 attendants to the opening ceremony were Chinese
entrepreneurs from over 30 countries and regions around the world, Japanese
local government officials, leaders of famed Japanese enterprises as well as
Chinese personages in the science and cultural fields.
The convention is held at Kobe on Sept. 15-16 before it moves to
Osaka on the 17th.
With a theme of harmony, the 9th World Chinese Entrepreneurs
Convention (WCEC) is aimed at promoting exchanges among global ethnic Chinese
as well as those between Chinese and Japanese.
The logo of the biennial convention is to win with peace, harmony and
cooperation and to benefit the world.
Japanese business circle are expecting a lot from the WCEC. Several
famous Japanese corporations including Toyota Motor Corporation, All Nippon
Airways Co. are the convention's sponsors.
The highlights of the convention include speeches by well-known
entrepreneurs, discussions over economy, Asian city development, medical
exchanges and other topics between Chinese and Japanese personalities.
This year is also the Chinese Year in Japan marked by a series of
cultural, artistic and exchange programs in Japan. During the convention,
presentations of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 Shanghai World Expo will be
launched in Japan, together with a number of other cultural, sports and tourism
programs.
"During the past two decades or so, I have witnessed China's growth
together with other ethnic Chinese business persons," Francis Chua, former
leader of Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry told
Xinhua, "I hope ethnic Chinese around the world will work closer to contribute
to the development of China."
The World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention has been successfully held
in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Bangkok, Thailand, Vancouver, Canada,
Melbourne, Australia, Nanjing, China, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Seoul, Republic
of Korea since its birth in 1991, promoting local as well as regional and
national economy of the host countries.
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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070916a4.html
Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007
China entrepreneurs back ties with Japan
KOBE (Kyodo) Chinese entrepreneurs from around the world began a
three-day meeting in Kobe on Saturday, with China's fourth-ranked leader Jia
Qinglin pledging to promote ties with Japan to continue the warming of ties
that began during outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's tenure.
In an interesting move, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, the
leading candidate to succeed Abe, made a surprise video appearance at the Ninth
World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, also promising to promote regional
development in Asia.
Some 3,600 participants, including 2,600 ethnic Chinese, from 33
countries gathered for the biennial convention, which Japan hosted for the
first time.
In a speech at the opening ceremony held in the port city, Jia, who is in
Japan for a weeklong visit that began Wednesday, said friendly relations
between China and Japan will contribute to peace and stability in Asia and the
rest of the world.
"I would like to develop long-term relations between both countries in a
sound and stable manner," he said.
Jia is a standing committee member of the Chinese Communist Party's
Political Bureau and also chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference.
The presence of the high-ranking Chinese official was overshadowed by the
absence of Abe, who was hospitalized Thursday for gastrointestinal problems
after abruptly announcing his resignation a day earlier.
It is the first time the host country's leader has skipped the convention
since it was initially proposed in 1991 by then Singaporean Prime Minister Lee
Kuan Yew.
In a brief video message to the convention, Fukuda, who filed his
candidacy Saturday morning for the Sept. 23 LDP presidential election, said, "I
will do my utmost for the future of Japan and Asia so I hope you will forgive
my absence."
Fukuda is known as a pro-China member in the Liberal Democratic Party and
had planned to attend the confab's opening ceremony in Kobe.
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, who
attended the ceremony in Abe's stead, also called for a further deepening of
bilateral ties.
"Japan and China are now inseparable, and our mutually beneficial
relations will further deepen in the future in line with China's rapid
development," Fuyushiba said in his speech.
The bilateral relationship soured under Abe's predecessor, Junichiro
Koizumi, because of the annual visits he made to Tokyo's war-tinged Yasukuni
Shrine.
But relations have improved since Abe visited China last October
immediately after taking office. China responded with a long-awaited visit by
Premier Wen Jiabao to Japan in April.
Other prominent figures, such as Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho,
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Corporate Counselor Yoichi Morishita, and
former Philippine President Fidel Ramos also attended the opening event.
The second day will be followed by a series of workshops on broad topics
including economics, urban development, media, and medicine at the
International Convention Center in Kobe.
Key figures including Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of Chinese computer maker
Lenovo Group Ltd., Nobel laureate physicist Chen Ning Yang, and leading
Japanese architect Tadao Ando will participate in the workshops.
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