On the morning of May 23rd, the 13th East Asia Local Government Conference (ELGC), hosted by the Xi'an Municipal People's Government and co-organized by the Secretariat of the Conference of Local Governments in East Asia (CLGEA), was officially held in Xi'an. Relevant persons in charge of Shaanxi Foreigner Service Platform under Datang Domain (Shaanxi) Holding attended this meeting. Ye Niuping, Deputy Secretary of Xi'an Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Xi'an, presided over this meeting, while Makoto Yamashita, Governor of Nara Prefecture of Japan, Zhang Mei, Counselor of Asian Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Fang Hongwei, Standing Committee of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Xi'an Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.

　　Under the theme of “Building an East Asian Community of Destiny Together”, the conference will focus on the topics of “Promoting the High-Quality Development of Digital Economy with Data Elements as the Core” and “Innovative Agriculture, Co-chaining the Future”. The conference also featured in-depth exchanges and dialogues on topics such as “Promoting the high-quality development of digital economy with the core of data elements” and “Innovative agriculture, common chain future”. The event brought together local governments, enterprises and social organizations from Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other countries to discuss regional cooperation and development.

　　Beijiang said: As a participant of the conference, Shaanxi Foreigner Service Platform actively communicated with representatives of various parties in depth, shared its experience and achievements in their respective fields, listened carefully to the opinions and suggestions of representatives of various countries on the cooperation and development of the East Asia region, and comprehensively comprehended the spirit of the conference, which not only provided valuable ideas and directions for the future development of the platform, but also provided strong support for its business expansion in the East Asia region. At the same time, Shaanxi Foreigner Service Platform will also actively pay attention to the international market dynamics and policy direction, strengthen exchanges with outstanding enterprises and organizations at home and abroad, establish an effective communication mechanism, and enhance the overall efficiency and competitiveness of the platform. We will not only do the basic skill of making up for the shortcomings and strengthening the weaknesses in a steady manner, but also pay close attention to the frontier to seek the breakthrough of changing lanes and overtaking. Accumulate wisdom in practice, expand knowledge and vision in practice, promote efficient and smooth development of the platform, and lick the bricks and mortar for the cause of civil friendship in Shaanxi.

East Asia Local Government Conference

　　The East Asian Local Government Conference is a regular meeting of local governments of East Asian countries, which was initiated by Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 2010, with the aim of deepening mutual understanding through frank and sincere reporting on the actual situation of the region by representatives of local governments to each other at the conference and discussions on common issues. It is hoped that, through the continuation of such meetings, the administrative capacity of local governments will be improved, relations of friendship and trust between them will be enhanced, and diplomatic relations between countries will be further complemented and improved, thereby contributing to the further peaceful development of the East Asian region.

　　Currently, there are seven local government members: China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. There are 76 local government members, of which 18 are Chinese local government members: Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu, Chengdu, Xi'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Huangshan, Suzhou, Weifang, Linyi, Dongying, Dujiangyan and Dunhuang.