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On March 23, it was hosted by the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Lijiang Municipal People's Government, the Consulate General of Israel in Chengdu, the Israeli Economic and Commerce Department in Southwest China, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Lijiang Municipal People's Government (Lijiang Municipal People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries), Yunnan Organized by Agricultural Reclamation Group Co., Ltd., Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Israel (Tel Aviv), China (Yunnan)-Israel Innovation Center, and co-organized by Yunnan Federation of Industry and Commerce and Yunnan South Asia and Southeast Asia Regional International Communication Center, it is based on "green cooperation and smart development" The 8th China Yunnan-Israel Innovation Cooperation Forum was held simultaneously in Lijiang and Tel Aviv, Israel, in a combination of online and offline ways.Gao Feng, Vice Chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce, Cai Run, Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Pu Hong, Secretary of the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee, Han Jiadi, Consul General of Israel in Chengdu, Gao Le, Chairman of the Israel-China Friendship Association, and others attended the opening of the forum online and offline respectively. ceremony and delivered a speech.Before the forum, Gao Feng met with Han Jiadi and his delegation for exchanges.Li Gang, deputy secretary of the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor, hosted the reception dinner.

Gao Feng introduced the situation of Yunnan Province and the current development priorities and opportunities to the Israeli representatives, reviewed the achievements of the forum since it was held in 2015, and suggested that both parties further improve the cooperation mechanism to serve bilateral friendship, expand the influence of the platform, gather innovation power, and give full play to complementary advantages. Promote industrial cooperation, build a solid foundation of public opinion and promote people-to-people bonds

Cai Run said that Yunnan Province's friendly exchanges and innovative cooperation with Israel are practical measures to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state on taking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to deepen bilateral relations. Years of practice have proven that the cooperation between Yunnan and Israel complements each other's advantages and Win-win cooperation has huge potential and broad prospects.

Han Jiadi said that Yunnan has outstanding location advantages in the "Belt and Road" cooperation, and many Israeli companies are cooperating here. The Israeli Consulate General in Chengdu will continue to promote the implementation of more and better cooperation projects to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

On behalf of the Lijiang Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Lijiang Municipal People's Government, Pu Hong extended a warm welcome to all guests and hoped to continue to strengthen cooperation between Lijiang City and Israel in smart agriculture and technological innovation.

At the forum, relevant personnel from both Yunnan and Israel respectively promoted the Honghe Area and Dehong Area of ​​the China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone as well as the China-Israel loan project.The Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Israel-China Friendship Association signed an agreement to establish friendly exchanges and cooperation. Yunnan Agricultural Reclamation Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd. separately signed an agreement with Israel Jiakong Company, Netafim Company, Agricultural Light Technology Co., Ltd., and Ruiwo Lesi Irrigation Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Yamet Filtration Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and Motech Water Management (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

During the forum, the organizers held activities such as the Yunnan-Israel Specialty Products Exhibition and the Smart Agriculture Forum. Related Yunnan-Israel companies signed 7 cooperation agreements and conducted road shows and B2B on-site docking. Yunnan Natural Rubber Industry Group, Provincial Grain Industry Group, Nongken Sugar Group, Tea Industry Group, Provincial Green Food Investment Group, Nongken Plateau Characteristic Agriculture Company, Nongken Coffee Company, Nongken Walnut Industry Development Company, Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences Alpine Institute, Lijiang Business Alliance E-commerce, Lijiang Deshanghui E-commerce , Lijiang Shengtai Agriculture Company, Lijiang Yaoyuan Farm, Israel Yiguoyoupin, Israel ZIPIT Company, Benmi (Shanghai) Technology Company and other 25 Yunnan and Israel enterprises exhibited coffee, tea, rubber pillows, and honey at the special product exhibition , nuts, Israeli cultural and creative products, skin care products, and red wine were all sold out in just one hour.

During the period, the participating representatives also visited Lijiang Modern Flower Industrial Park and Dongba Cultural Research Institute to inspect and understand the development of modern agriculture and tourism cultural industries with plateau characteristics in Lijiang City.

The forum was chaired by Wang Yu, full-time vice president of the Yunnan People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.Liu Qiaoquan, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhao Panfeng, Chairman of the Provincial Youth Federation, Bao Wentao, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Xiao Jian, Member of the Standing Committee of the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, Lu Qiang, Vice Governor of Honghe Prefecture, Vice Chairman of the Agricultural Reclamation Group, General Manager Mr. Chen Yunzhong, President of Kunming Pharmaceutical Group Zhong Xianggang, relevant universities, scientific research institutions, associations for friendship with foreign countries in some states and cities, news media, Israeli Ministry of Finance, agencies in China, Israel-China Friendship Association, 65 entrepreneurs and heads of chambers of commerce in the two countries , a total of about 200 people attended the conferences in Lijiang and Tel Aviv.