A video conference on how to reopen economy and strengthen cooperation between Fujian and Central Java was held on June 17. Over 40 officials and business representatives from both provinces attended the event.

In his opening remarks, Chen Chuxin, Deputy Director General of Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, reviewed the friendly ties between both provinces and their cooperation on pandemic response since the outbreak. He called on both provinces to take the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia this year as an opportunity to step up industrial cooperation, expand trade and investment, and deepen people-to-people exchanges. Mr. Muhamad Masrofi, Head of Bureau of Government, Autonomy Regional and Cooperation of Central Java Provincial Government, expressed appreciation to Fujian for its assistance in the fight against COVID-19 and the opportunity of sharing experience of epidemic control and economic reopening, and looked forward to closer collaboration in the future.

Officials from Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce and its counterpart in Central Java shared insights on how to expand two-way trade and investment and cooperation in the development of infrastructure, the marine sector and industrial parks. Business representatives from both sides interacted and explored the possibility of cooperation in fisheries, trade, e-commerce, and online education, reaching consensus on a number of cooperation projects.