東亞經濟交流推進機構第五屆總會將在煙臺舉辦

東亞經濟交流推進機構第五屆總會將在煙臺舉辦

The Fifth General Conference of the Organization for the East Asia Economic Department Is to Be Held in Yantai

煙臺敞開胸襟擁抱世界。圖/初陽Yantai opens its arms to embrace the world.

由中國煙臺市、天津市、青島市、大連市，日本北九州市、下關市、福岡市、熊本市，韓國釜山廣域市、仁川廣域市、蔚山廣域市等11個會員城市參加的東亞經濟交流推進機構（以下簡稱“機構”）第五屆總會將于本月下旬在煙臺舉辦。這是煙臺市2015年舉辦的最重要的國際會議之一，同時也是東亞3國11個城市開展環黃海地區次區域合作、加快推進煙臺中日韓地方經濟合作示范區和煙臺中韓產業園建設的一次重要會議。本次機構總會的主題是推進會員城市間相互投資合作。

東亞經濟交流推進機構成立于2004年，前身是1991年發起創立的東亞（環黃海）城市會議，是東亞環黃海地區中日韓城市之間建立的國際友城交流合作機制，宗旨是促進各城市間經濟交流，實現貿易、投資自由化，最終目標是建立區域性自貿區。機構總會每兩年召開一次，由會員城市市長和國際商會會長參加，協商確定機構發展方向、主要交流計劃等重大問題，是機構最高級別會議。機構總會的召開為推動各城市在國際經濟貿易、物流、環保、旅游等領域開展廣泛的交流與合作發揮了重要作用。

煙臺市自1994年參與機構的各項交流活動以來，與各城市在經貿、環保、物流、人文等領域交往密切，為推動煙臺市對外開放，特別是對日韓的交流合作發揮了重要作用。煙臺市還于2006年10月的亞歐論壇期間承辦了第二屆旅游分會會議，2008年9月的第二屆葡酒節暨第十屆果蔬會期間承辦了第五屆制造業分會會議，2013年8月承辦了第八屆環境分會會議，同年11月召開了第八屆機構執行委員會會議。目前，日韓各機構城市在煙臺均有投資，煙臺還開通了到日本北九州市、下關市、福岡市、韓國仁川市、釜山市的海上航線，到韓國仁川、釜山的空中航線。

The fi fth general conference of the Organization for the East Asia Economic Department to be participated by 11 member cities including China’s Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian and Yantai, Japan’s Kitakyushu, Shimonoseki, Fukuoka and Kumamoto, and Korea’s Busan Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City and Ulsan Metropolitan City will be held on Nov.22 in Yantai. It is one of the most important international conferences in Yantai in 2015 and a signif i cant meeting for the eleven cities in East Asia to conduct sub-regional cooperation in the Pan Yellow Sea Region and speed up the construction of the China-Japan-South Korea Free-Trade Zone.

Ever since Yantai participated in the exchanges of the organization in 1994, it has made close relations with the other cities in economic trade, environmental protection, logistics and humanity and has played a key role to promote the opening of Yantai and especially the communication and cooperation with Japan and Korea. Authorized by Shandong Provincial Government, Yantai leaders organized teams to participate in every general conference held in Japan and Korea. At present the member cities in Japan and Korea all make investment in Yantai. Yantai also opens its sea lanes to Japan’s Kitakyushu, Shimonoseki and Fukuoka, and Korea’s Incheon and Busan in addition to its air routes to Korea’s Incheon and Busan.