CHENGDU, March 24-Vice Governor of Sichuan Province Huang Xiaoxiang met with Executive Vice President of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Toshimasa Furukawa and his party at the provincial government. Responsible officials from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Investment Promotion were present at the meeting.
The Vice Governor briefed on Sichuan s economic situation, development advantages as well as progress in the cooperation with such well-known multinational corporations as Marubeni, Itochu and Cisco, and extended congratulations on the incoming contract-signing between the company and New Hope Group. He hoped that the company would engage in deeper trade cooperation with Sichuan in wider fields, following this cooperation effort.
Toshimasa Furukawa was greatly inspired by Sichuan s astonishing advance in economy. He said the venture project with New Hope Group is the company s first investment program in Sichuan, and hoped that there would be more opportunities in the future to expand trade cooperation with the province.
