Xue Chunzhi, Director General of Changchun Foreign Affairs Office (CCFAO), met with the 3-member delegation led by Onishi Takehito, Head of Mizuho Bank (China) Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch, on August 28, 2020. The two sides discussed the possibility of further promoting the cooperation in such fields as finance, economy and trade between Changchun and Japan. 

Mizuho is the largest comprehensive financial consulting group in Japan integrating such businesses as banking, trust and securities. In China, it has 10 branches, 5 subbranches and 16 outlets in addition to the headquarters in Shanghai. 

During the meeting, Xue Chunzhi extended his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to the delegation. When introducing the economic planning to the delegation, Xue shared the affirmation by General Secretary Xi Jinping to the socioeconomic development of Changchun City, and the advantages of the city in policy, industry, size and population under the blueprint of building the modern metropolitan area and the China (Changchun)-ROK International Cooperation Demonstration Zone, adding, “We hope Mizuho Bank can get settled here and thus provide financial services for more of your enterprises, multinational enterprises and Chinese enterprises in our city. CCFAO will do the best to help make this happen.”  

Onishi Takehito introduced Mizuho Bank and the historical development and business scope of its branch in Dalian, saying, “Over the past 10 plus years of my working in China, I have seen the rapid development of your economy. The market space here is very optimistic. I hope we two sides can strengthen cooperation in the high-quality development of your four plates to achieve win-win results.” 

For the next step, CCFAO will start from the conference agreed by the two sides for sci-tech innovation enterprises to promote the in-depth economic and trade cooperation between Mizuho and Changchun City.  

Among the officials present at the meeting also included Duan Huaxu, Deputy Director General of CCFAO.