{"id":20509,"date":"2019-12-04T10:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=20509"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:51:24","slug":"shandong-south-korea-seek-closer-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=20509","title":{"rendered":"Shandong, South Korea seek closer ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art-info\">\n<p class=\"fl\"><em>(chinadaily.com.cn)<\/em><i class=\"vline\">|<\/i><em>Updated : 2019-12-04<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"art_txt\" class=\"art-text\">\n<p>A Shandong government delegation led by Liu Jiayi, Party chief of Shandong province, visited South Korea from Dec 1 to 4 to boost mutual cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation visited companies and cities such as Busan, Gyeonggi-do province and Seoul, and met with political leaders and representatives from various sectors. Several activities were held to promote trade and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay, Liu met with many top politicians of the Republic of Korea (ROK), including Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Sung Yun-mo, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mee.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"679754\" title=\"1575450446466078528.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20191204\/1575450446466078528.jpg\" alt=\"50.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liu Jiayi (left), Party chief of Shandong province, meets with Lee Nak-yeon, Prime Minister of the ROK, on Dec 3 in Seoul. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<p>They agreed to further strengthen local exchange and cooperation between Shandong and the ROK.<\/p>\n<p>Liu spoke at the Qingdao &#8211; Busan economic and trade cooperation meeting, which was held on Dec 1 in Busan.<\/p>\n<p>Shandong is an important junction along the Belt and Road and a window to northeast Asia, said Liu.<\/p>\n<p>He added that both sides should deepen trade cooperation, strengthen maritime and port cooperation, promote people-to-people exchange and push bilateral cooperation to a higher level.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 10th anniversary since Shandong and Gyeonggi-do province established friendly relations. The Shandong delegation visited Gyeonggi-do on Dec 2 and signed a three-year action plan for friendly cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Gyeonggi-do Province Governor Lee Jae-myung expressed hope that both sides will further strengthen personnel and cultural exchange, carry out more practical cooperation and contribute to regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>Liu expressed hope that the two sides will build a new type of friendly provincial relations, continue to deepen and expand cooperation in the fields of science and technology, industry, oceans and education, promote people-to-people exchange and push forward bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"679755\" title=\"1575450489804056450.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20191204\/1575450489804056450.gif\" alt=\"51.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Shandong delegation visits the headquarters Samsung Electronics in Seoul on Dec 2. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<p>The Shandong delegation also visited South Korean multinationals Samsung, CJ Corporation and SK Group.<\/p>\n<p>A Shandong culture and tourism promotion activity was held on Dec 3 in Seoul, during which Shandong signed cultural exchange and cooperation agreements with South Korean cultural institutions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"679756\" title=\"1575450513219039364.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20191204\/1575450513219039364.gif\" alt=\"52.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Shandong culture and tourism promotion activity is held on Dec 3 in Seoul. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(chinadaily.com.cn)|Updated : 2019-12-04 A Shandong government&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20511,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20509\/revisions\/20511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}