Between February 19 and 21, Shindo Kousei, chairman of the Japan-China Economic Association, led a delegation of over 30 Japanese enterprises to Changsha for an economic and trade exchange and matchmaking meeting. The delegation included senior executives and heads of China divisions from seven Fortune Global 500 companies including Nippon Steel, Mitsubishi Electric, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, as well as renowned enterprises like Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Japan Airlines.

2月19日至21日,，日中經(jīng)濟(jì)協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng)進(jìn)藤孝生率30余家日本企業(yè)的代表到訪湖南長(zhǎng)沙，其中包括日本制鐵,、三菱電機(jī),、三菱重工等7家世界500強(qiáng)企業(yè)及川崎重工、日本航空等知名企業(yè)的高管,、中國(guó)區(qū)總裁等,，旨在開(kāi)展經(jīng)貿(mào)交流對(duì)接。

A symposium on Hunan-Japan economic and trade cooperation was held in Changsha on February 20. Akihiro Nakamura, general manager of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, promoted Hunan to the Japanese entrepreneurs in attendance.?

2月20日,，湖南—日本經(jīng)貿(mào)合作交流座談會(huì)在長(zhǎng)沙召開(kāi),，住友橡膠(湖南)有限公司總經(jīng)理中村明弘在會(huì)上向日本企業(yè)家們推介湖南,。

Sumitomo Rubber Industries entered Chinese market in 2002. As one of the key investment projects for both the province and Changsha City, Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Company was set up at the Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone in September 2010, with a total investment of about 300 million USD. The company primarily produces Dunlop and Falken radial tires for passenger vehicles.

日本住友橡膠集團(tuán)于2002年進(jìn)入中國(guó)市場(chǎng)。作為湖南省,、長(zhǎng)沙市重點(diǎn)招商引資企業(yè)之一,，住友橡膠(湖南)有限公司于2010年9月落戶長(zhǎng)沙經(jīng)濟(jì)技術(shù)開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)，總投資約3億美元,，主要生產(chǎn)“鄧祿普”及“飛勁”兩個(gè)品牌的乘用車子午線輪胎,。

With a workforce of 1,100 employees, the company has produced 68.8 million tires and achieved total sales of 16.8 billion CNY since it began operations. Akihiro Nakamura remarked that establishing operations in Hunan has proven to be a wise decision, leading to win-win results for both the company and the region.?

住友橡膠(湖南)有限公司自投產(chǎn)以來(lái)，累計(jì)生產(chǎn)6880萬(wàn)條輪胎,，銷售額168億元人民幣,，現(xiàn)有員工1100人。中村明弘說(shuō),，公司業(yè)務(wù)的持續(xù)增長(zhǎng),，證實(shí)了落戶湖南是個(gè)互惠共贏的正確選擇。

Hunan and Japan have maintained long-standing exchanges, frequent people-to-people interactions, and close economic and trade relationships. In 1982, Changsha City officially established friendship-city relations with Kagoshima City, marking Hunan's first friendship-city partnership with Japan. To date, Hunan has knotted 12 pairs of friendship-city relationships with Japanese counterparts. The Heiwado Shopping Center is a symbol of friendship between Hunan and Japan's Shiga Prefecture. Since its establishment in 1998, the Heiwado Shopping Center has operated well, achieving a total sales volume of 38 billion CNY as of 2024.

湖南與日本交往歷史悠久,、民間往來(lái)頻繁,、經(jīng)貿(mào)交流密切。1982年長(zhǎng)沙市與鹿兒島市正式結(jié)好,，成為湖南第一對(duì)日本友城,。目前湖南已與日本締結(jié)了12對(duì)友好城市關(guān)系。平和堂商場(chǎng)正是湖南省和日本滋賀縣的友好結(jié)晶,，自1998年設(shè)立以來(lái),，運(yùn)營(yíng)良好，截至2024年累計(jì)實(shí)現(xiàn)商品銷售總額380億元人民幣,。

Hunan Xiangjiang New Area, Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Xiangtan High-tech Industrial Development Zone had matchmaking meeting with potential partners at the symposium.?

座談會(huì)上,，湖南湘江新區(qū)、長(zhǎng)沙經(jīng)濟(jì)技術(shù)開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū),、湘潭高新技術(shù)產(chǎn)業(yè)開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)等重點(diǎn)對(duì)接了潛在合作企業(yè),。

During their stay, the delegation members also visited Sany, Heiwado, and other enterprises in Changsha.?

訪湘期間，代表團(tuán)還考察了三一重工,、平和堂等企業(yè),。