On September 25, the Sixth China Japan Korea industrial exposition opened in Weifang City, Shandong Province. This year's Expo is aimed at "opening up and cooperation, Under the theme of "win win development", three professional exhibitions on intelligent manufacturing, quality life and international food were set up, and major activities such as China Japan South Korea Industrial Cooperation and development forum, double green think tank (Weifang) round table and China Japan South Korea talent exchange and development conference were held to comprehensively deepen the practical cooperation among China, Japan and South Korea in capital, technology, projects, talents and brands, so as to further improve The popularity and influence of Japan South Korea Industrial exchange and cooperation platform.
Among them, the Forum on industrial cooperation and development of China, Japan and South Korea specially invited guests from the governments, enterprises, economic and trade promotion institutions and research institutions of China, Japan and South Korea to discuss and share how the business circles of the three countries can work together to cope with the global economic risks, improve the level of regional economic cooperation and build regional economic recovery under the situation of unprecedented changes and new epidemic situation.
China, Japan and South Korea have a solid foundation for cooperation
"In the face of the unstable and uncertain factors brought about by the new round of world development, reform and adjustment, it is necessary for China, Japan and South Korea to strengthen cooperation, jointly resist risks and jointly face challenges." Yu Fenggui, President of Shandong Council for the promotion of international trade, said at the 6th China Japan South Korea Industrial Cooperation and development forum held recently that there is a solid foundation for cooperation among China, Japan and South Korea, and there is a vast space for cooperation in joint research and development of new technologies and services.
Yasunari inougawa, Consul General of the Japanese Consulate General in Qingdao, said that the cooperation between China, Japan and the ROK has promoted the regional economic development. So far, China, Japan and South Korea have jointly held 21 ministerial meetings and more than 70 dialogues. These dialogue mechanisms have become a bigger platform for cooperation among the three countries. The total trade volume of the three countries has increased from 130 billion US dollars in 1999 to 720 billion US dollars in 2018. The proportion of the total GDP of the three countries in the world's total GDP has increased from 17% to 24%.
The vast space for cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea lies in its huge market. Yu Fenggui said: "the total population of China, Japan and South Korea is close to 1.6 billion, especially the population of 1.4 billion in China. It is not only the world's factory but also the world market. It also has the largest and fastest growing middle-income group in the world, which has great attraction to the whole world. In particular, China's huge number of Internet users and strong manufacturing foundation can lay a solid foundation for China, Japan and South Korea to jointly develop new technologies and services, and provide a major market for the transformation of scientific research achievements. "
The vast space also lies in the historical opportunities brought by the fourth industrial revolution. For a long time, China's export is mainly labor-intensive products, while Japan and South Korea mainly focus on capital and technology intensive products. In recent years, China has also ushered in a period of vigorous development in the Internet of things, cloud computing, 5g, big data, artificial intelligence and other high-tech fields, which has promoted the intelligent transformation and upgrading of made in China.
Huang Jianheng, senior vice president of Lenovo Group and President of Asia Pacific region, analyzed the cases of Lenovo Group's layout in the three countries. Manufacturing in China has the advantages of labor force, talent and industrial chain aggregation, which provides the most powerful power source and guarantee for Lenovo manufacturing. South Korea and Japan lead the way in the fields of chip and semiconductor screen, which has brought the motive force for Lenovo's innovation. For example, Lenovo has set up three R & D centers in Japan, including the ohe laboratory in Yokohama. This lab not only developed the ThinkPad series, but also developed the ThinkPad X1 FOD, the world's first folding screen laptop.
Huang Jianheng believes that the products of the three countries have their own advantages and strong economic complementarity, which not only promotes the economic development of the three countries, but also drives the global economic growth and leads the development of regional integration. "From our Lenovo Group, we can see that the open cooperation among China, Japan and South Korea will bring endless development opportunities and possibilities."
Promoting the industrial integration of the three countries
From the perspective of industrial cooperation, the technology gap between China, Japan and South Korea in many fields is getting smaller and smaller. China's development mode relying on low labor cost has become the past. Some experts believe that the industrial structure model of China, Japan and South Korea is changing to the competitive relationship of parallel division of labor.
"At present, countries all over the world and many multinational enterprises are concerned about the future new industries represented by artificial intelligence, Internet of things, biomedicine, electric vehicles, robots, etc., including China, Japan and South Korea. There will be fierce competition among the three countries in these fields. Although there is a positive side to a legitimate competition relationship, if only competition and no cooperation, it will have a negative impact on the economic integration of the three countries. " According to park Zhenxiong, Consul General of the South Korea Consulate General in Qingdao, it is imperative to actively explore the parallel division system in the current economic cooperation among China, Japan and South Korea. For example, in the future emerging industries, China, Japan and South Korea can choose different industries through close exchanges and cooperation between the government and enterprises, so as to achieve effective parallel division of labor.
Park also said that such a model of parallel cooperation not only enables China, Japan and South Korea to have strong industrial competitiveness in the international market, but also further promotes the economic integration of the three countries. The economic integration of China, Japan and South Korea needs to rely on further promoting the progress of the negotiation of China Japan South Korea free trade agreement. It is necessary to sign a free trade agreement as soon as possible in areas acceptable to the three countries, take the first step of economic integration of the three countries, and then gradually supplement and improve the agreement.
Haijiangtian Wanli, a former Japanese Minister of economy and industry and a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, who has participated in promoting the negotiations on the China Japan South Korea FTA, believes that RCEP and China Japan