For the working level officials from the member governments, Guizhou Province held the “Guizhou Sub-Forum on Ecological Civilization and Environmental Protection of the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress” online with the theme of “Green Economy Promotes High-Quality Regional Development”, with the co-organizer, Nara Prefecture. Nara Prefecture set up a satellite venue of the forum in Nara Prefecture.
1. Date: Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 from 15:00 to 17:00
2. Theme: “Green Economy Promotes High-Quality Regional Development”
3. Organizer: Guizhou Province, China Co-Organizer: Nara Prefecture
4. Venue: (1) Guizhou Venue: Foreign Affairs Office of Guizhou Province, China
(2) Nara Venue: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA
Conference Room 1&2 (the satellite venue)
5. Program
○ Opening Speech
Greetings from the Host Cai Chaolin, Vice Governor of Guizhou Province
(Video Message)
Greetings from the Co-Host ARAI Shogo, Governor of Nara Prefecture (Video Message)
○ Keynote Speech
“Green Economy Promotes High-Quality Regional Development”
Lecturer: Hu Jicheng, Deputy Secretary of Leading Party Group,
Deputy Director-General, Guizhou Provincial Department of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs
○ Case Presentation by the Member Governments
(1) Chengdu Municipal City, Sichuan Province, China
“Green and Low-Carbon Development Patterns in Chengdu”
Tang Yan, Associate Researcher, Institute of Urban-Rural Integration,
Chengdu Academy of Social Sciences
(2) Nara Prefecture, Japan
“Measures by Nara Prefecture for a Decarbonized Society”
Hiroyuki Shiomi, Director of Water Cycle, Forest,
Landscape and Environment Department, Nara Prefecture, Japan
(3) Dunhuang Municipal City, Gansu Province, China
“Cultural Empowerment and Green Zero-Carbon Propel Transformation Continuing
the Resplendence of the Thousand-year-old Ancient City on the Silk Road”
Zhu Jianjun, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Dunhuang Municipal Committee
and Mayor of Dunhuang
(4) West Java Province, Indonesia
“Green Economy”
Dr. Ir. Prima Mayaningtias, M.Si.,Head of the Environment Agency of West Java
Province
(5) Q&A
○ Special Guest Speech
Xue Jian,Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Osaka
○ Closing Speech by Organizer
Jiang Hong,Party Member of Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office, Full-Time Vice President
of Guizhou People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
○ Photo Session
◆ Participants
At the satellite venue: the Member Governments from Japan (6 organizations, 27 people)
Online Participants: the Member Governments from Japan and Overseas (33 organizations,96 people)
Total: 37 organizations, 123 people
* 2 local governments attended at both the satellite venue and online.
【Member Governments】
- China: Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Guizhou Province, Shaanxi Province, Chengdu
City, Xi’an City, Luoyang City, Yangzhou City, Suzhou City, Weifang City, Linyi City,
Dongying City, Dujiangyan City, Dunhuang City
- Indonesia: Province of West Java
- Philippines: Municipality of Baler
- Korea: Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Gyeongju City
- Vietnam: Viet Tri City
- Japan: Ishikawa Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Wakayama
Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Kumamoto
Prefecture, Tagajo City, Kofu City, Nara Prefecture, Kashihara City, Miyake Town,
Koryo Town
【Special Members】
Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Osaka, Japan External Trade
Organization (JETRO), UNWTO Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific
◆ Main Points of Lectures
○ Keynote Speech by Guizhou Province
・Guizhou Province is suitable for comprehensive development of general agriculture.
Based on their principle that “Clear water and green mountains are worth as much
as gold and silver mountains”, they have developed a series of green technologies
which include the reuse of recycled agricultural waste and the reduction and
optimization of chemical fertilizers and agricultural chemicals.
・Modern Agricultural development is an important step for high-quality development in
Guizhou Province. By the matching methods to their communities, they are developing
modern agriculture and protecting traditional agricultural culture using high
technology.
・If the spirit of environmentally friendly sustainable resource development takes root in
Guizhou Province, they believe that Green Agriculture development will flourish in the
future.
○ Summary of Case Presentations by Member Governments
・Chengdu City is promoting the development of a green economy by promoting change
to their energy structure to build a green and low-carbon energy system.
・Nara Prefecture promotes a decarbonized society though two policies: “Reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions” and “Increase in carbon sinks”.
・Based on the philosophy “Abundant nature is the resource of wealth,”Dunhang City
promotes the development of their new energy industry by using abundant solar
energy.
・To tackle the waste management problem in West Java Province, they are processing
waste with modernized technology, building the final processing sites, establishing
waste banks, and providing waste management education.
Video Speech by Vice Governor Cai Video Speech by Governor ARAI
from Guizhou Province from Nara Prefecture
Keynote Speech by Lecturer Hu Jicheng, Case Presentation by Nara
Deputy Secretary of Leading Party Group, Prefecture (the Director of the
Deputy Director-General, Guizhou Provincial Water Cycle, Forest, Landscape
Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Environment Department)
Case Presentation Q&A
by West Java Province, Indonesia
For the member governments from Japan and overseas, we held “the Economy and Industry Section Meeting” with the theme of “Promoting Local Economies with a Focus on the Post-Pandemic” with the co-organizer, West Java Province, who will be the host of the 11th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress in 2022.
1. Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 from 13:30 to 16:30
2. Discussion Theme: “Promoting Local Economies with a Focus on the Post-Pandemic”
3. Organizer: Nara Prefecture Co-Organizer: West Java Province
4. Venue: Nara Prefectural Convention Center, Meeting Room 205 & 206
(Hybrid Online Meeting)
5. Program:
○ Opening
Greetings from ARAI Shogo, the Governor of Nara Prefecture (Recorded Video Message)
○ Keynote Speech and Q&A (Online Live-Streaming)
“Promoting Local Economies with a Focus on the Post-Pandemic
~Analyzing the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of the East Asian Local
Governments from Data~”
MOTANI Kosuke (Chief Senior Economist, the Japan Research Institute, Ltd.)
○ Case Presentation by the Member Governments (Online)
(1) West Java Province, Republic of Indonesia
“Strategy for West Java's Economy Recovery During the Pandemic”
SETIAWAN Wangsaatmaja, Regional Secretary
(2) Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China
“Circumstance of Ecology/Environment Protection and Economy and Industry
Development, and Efforts to Optimize Business Environment in Yulin City”
Wang Huasheng, Vice Mayor
(3) Guizhou Province, People’s Republic of China
“An Opportunity to Develop the Tea Industry in the COVID-19 Era”
Zhang Hanlin, Chairman and Director General, Foreign Affairs Office and Chinese
Communist Party Group
Hu Jicheng, Vice Chariman and Deputy Director-General [Director-General Level],
Provincial Department of Rural and Agricultural Affairs and Chinese Communist
Party Group)
(4) Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China
“Post Pandemic Support for Development in Commercial Trade and Tourism
Industry in Chengdu City”
Li Li, Vice President, Chengdu People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign
Countries
Zhou Hai Bo, the Head of International Exchange Cooperation Division, Chengdu
Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast-TV, and Tourism
(5) Chungcheongnam-do Province, Republic of Korea
“Post-Pandemic Regional Diplomatic Trade Led by Chungcheongnam-do”
Hong Man-pyo, Director, International Cooperation & Trade Division
(6) Koryo Town, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Industry Support and Sustainable Regional Economy Formation Based on the
“Small and Medium Enterprises and Small-Scale Businesses Promotion Basic
Regulation”
KURIYAMA Yukari, Deputy Director General, Project Department
(7) Q&A Session and Exchange of Opinions
○ Summary by Lecturer
○ Greetings from Co-Organizer Mochamad Ridwan Kamil, the Governor of West Java
Province (Recorded Video Message)
Screening of the West Java Province’s Video
○ Closing Greetings MURAI Hiroshi, the Vice Governor of Nara Prefecture and Group
Photo Session
◆ Participants
On Site Participants: The Member Governments from Japan 10 organizations, 42 people
Online Participants: The Member Governments from Japan and Overseas 73
organizations, 187 people
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Total 79 organizations, 229 people
* Including 4 local governments who participated in the Section Meeting both at the site and online.
【Member Governments】
・China: Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Guizhou Province, Shaanxi Province,
Chengdu City, Xi’an City,
Yangzhou City, Suzhou City, Weifang City, Linyi
City, Dongying City, Dujiangyan City, and Dunhuang City
・Indonesia: Province of West Java and Province of Yogyakarta Special Region
・Malaysia: Melaka State
・Philippines: Municipality of Baler
・South Korea: Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Gongju City,
Seosan City, Buyeo County,
Jeollanam-do Province, and Gyeongju
City
・Vietnam: Phu Tho Province
・Japan: Yamagata Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Toyama
Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture,
Fukui Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture,
Shizuoka Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture,
Shimane Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Kochi
Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture,
Tagajo City, Kofu City, Takayama City,
Nara Prefecture, Tenri City, Kashihara City, Gose City, Katsuragi City,
Miyake Town, Koryo Town and Shimoichi Town
【Special Members】
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), Japan External
Trade Organization(JETRO),
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),
UNWTO Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNWTO)
【Guests】
Indonesia: Bandung Regency, Bogor Regency, Ciamis Regency, Cianjur Regency,
Cirebon Regency, Garut Regency, Karawang Regency,
Majalengka Regency, Pangandaran Regency, Purwakarta Regency,
Subang Regency, Sukabumi Regency, Sumedang Regency,
Tasikmalaya Regency, West Bandung Regency, Bandung City, Bekasi City,
Bogor City, Cimahi City, Cirebon City, Depok City, Sukabumi City, and
Tasikmalaya City
Japan: Ehime Prefecture
【Lecture and Summary by Lecturer】
○ Comparing the COVID-19 infected cases per million people, the average of the last
week in Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam,
Australia, and New Zealand was small (between 0.1 and 170 people per day)
compared to the average of the last week in the US and EU (between 252 and 374
people per day). Based on this, we can say that the areas of East Asia and Oceania
are relatively strong against COVID-19.
○East Asia has advantages against the pandemic, for example, regional characteristics
such as culture and religion, individual efforts to carry out self-isolation, and efforts by
medical and governance agencies.
○In the future, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia plant to reopen to international
exchange as the COVID-19 pandemic is ending. However, on the other hand, China
might have difficulties reopening because they have effectively lowered their case
numbers.
○Today’s case presentations and opinion exchanges by the local governments gave us
all to have hope for the recovery of local economies and industries in the future. It is
my hope that large industries, which have global competitiveness, and small
industries, which are regionally based in their own culture will develop together.
［Video Message from Governor ARAI］［Keynote Speech by Lecturer MOTANI］
［Nara Venue: Nara Prefectural Convention Center］ ［West Java Venue: The Trans Luxury Hotel Bandung］