Gyeonggi-do Strengthens Friendly Exchange and Cooperation with Liaoning Province, China and Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Gyeonggi Province held the "14th Trilateral Friendship Exchange Meeting" with Liaoning Province, China, and Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on the 29th at the Courtyard Marriott in Suwon. Yeom Tae-young, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of the province, along with officials from the respective regions, are taking a commemorative photo.

Gyeonggi Province will strengthen exchange and cooperation related to future generations such as youth and young adults with Liaoning Province in China and Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, while also expanding policy sharing and human exchanges.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 30th that it held the "14th Trilateral Friendship Exchange Meeting" with Liaoning Province, China, and Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on the 29th at the Courtyard Marriott in Suwon.

This friendship exchange meeting is the longest-standing conference led by local governments of Korea, China, and Japan, and has been operated since 1996 as a consultative body to strengthen the cooperative network among the sister regions of Gyeonggi Province, Liaoning Province, and Kanagawa Prefecture.

The meeting has been held every two years by rotating among the regions, but the 13th meeting was held via video conference due to COVID-19.

The meeting was attended by more than 40 officials, including Yeom Tae-young, Deputy Governor for Economy of Gyeonggi Province; Gao Tao (高濤), Vice Governor of Liaoning Province; and Chikako Kagawa (香川智佳子), Director of the International Culture and Tourism Bureau of Kanagawa Prefecture, along with other senior representatives from the three regions.

Before the meeting began, each region held bilateral talks, and during the subsequent meeting, under the theme of "Promoting Friendship among Future Generations in the Three Regions of Korea, China, and Japan," they exchanged opinions on major policies and cooperation plans related to future generations in each region and signed a "Joint Agreement."

According to the agreement, the three regions will promote exchange and cooperation programs involving youth and young adults in education, sports, and cultural arts, and expand policy sharing and human exchanges in the field of future generations.

In the thematic presentations, Gyeonggi Province, Liaoning Province, and Kanagawa Prefecture each explored directions for promoting friendship among future generations such as youth and young adults, focusing on ▲ nurturing future talents through human resource exchanges among the three regions ▲ strengthening national ties through deepening youth exchanges among Korea, China, and Japan ▲ and the current status of international youth exchange in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Yeom Tae-young, Deputy Governor for Economy of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "Korea, China, and Japan are major economic entities and neighboring countries facing various common challenges, and we must continuously strengthen solidarity and cooperation to solve these problems."

The 15th Trilateral Friendship Exchange Meeting will be held in 2025 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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