{"id":37151,"date":"2025-06-08T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4705540_AE05540_0"},"modified":"2025-06-08T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:59:00","slug":"xinhua-silk-road-china-weihai-s-korea-incheon-building-up-momentum-to-bolster-local-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=37151","title":{"rendered":"Xinhua Silk Road: China Weihai, S. Korea Incheon building up momentum to bolster local cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">BEIJING<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">June 8, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; As east China&#8217;s Shandong Weihai and Incheon of South Korea embrace the 10th anniversary of building the local economic cooperation demonstration zone under the framework of China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, the two sides have set new model for local cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, Weihai has forged new pathways for&nbsp;cooperation in areas such as mechanism building, trade, cultural exchanges&nbsp;and investment,&nbsp;with&nbsp;both sides engaging&nbsp;in comprehensive cooperation and achieving&nbsp;mutual benefits.<\/p>\n<p>For mechanism building, Weihai has established&nbsp;the&nbsp;China-South Korea&nbsp;Free Trade Area local economic cooperation coordination office and promotion center&nbsp;and&nbsp;issued documents to guide and promote the construction of the demonstration zone.<\/p>\n<p>Weihai and Incheon&nbsp;jointly set up the local economic cooperation joint committee, which has facilitated over a hundred&nbsp;of cooperation consensuses.<\/p>\n<p>For cultural exchanges, the two cities have established&nbsp;representative offices and promotion&nbsp;halls&nbsp;to boost understanding and interactions.<\/p>\n<p>The China Office of the Incheon Tourism Organization was established last&nbsp;October, creating a more efficient platform for Weihai and South Korea in tourism cooperation, products promotion, and resource sharing.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of economic and trade cooperation, Weihai has advanced innovative measures&nbsp;such as the Weihai-Incheon&nbsp;four ports logistics integration and the multimodal transport&nbsp;which&nbsp;have established a&nbsp;&#8220;golden channel&#8221; that spurred&nbsp;vigorous trade development.<\/p>\n<p>Trade between Weihai and South Korea increased 67.8 percent from 32.09 billion yuan in 2014 to 53.86 billion yuan in 2024, accounting for 26.4 percent of the city&#8217;s total imports and exports. In 2024, the Weihai port&#8217;s imports and exports with South Korea reached 154.07 billion yuan, ranking third in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-border e-commerce has become a new driving force for Weihai&#8217;s foreign trade development thanks to its unique geographical location and logistics advantages. 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