Conference on cooperation with ASEAN countries opens in Shandong
China DailyThe Connecting Shandong with Fortune Global 500 ASEAN Special event opens in Jinan, Shandong province on Sept 22 to boost cooperation with the world's top 500 companies in ASEAN countries. An international business promotion conference centered on cooperation with transnational corporations in Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries opened in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province, on Sept 22. The province's flourishing grain and oil industry attracted investment from Wilmar, a leading ASEAN corporation that plans to continue increasing investment and deepening cooperation with the province. ASEAN has become Shandong's largest trading partner, and the value of trade between the two places from January to August reached $24.62 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15.1 percent.