A Tianjin delegation visited Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, and held information sessions on Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone (Tianjin FTZ) and a series of activities from July 13 to 17 to attract investment.

The visit is the second stop of Tianjin's overseas investment attraction. Japan's business and industrial circles expressed great interest in the Tianjin FTZ. Thirty Japanese corporations, including Hitachi Leasing Company and Mitsui Property Management Corporation, signed cooperation agreements with the three sub areas of the Tianjin FTZ.

The delegation is composed of representatives and directors from Tianjin's government and the administrations of the three sub areas.

The delegation studied the experience of famous Japanese corporations and institutions and researched large business facilities. The three sub areas of the Tianjin FTZ visited different local corporations to look for communication opportunities.

The information sessions provided detailed information on the Tianjin FTZ and attracted Japanese interest. The conference room was fully occupied. Not only registered corporations, but also drop-by businesses attended the information sessions.

Liu Yiren, Consul General of Chinese Embassy in Japan, leaders of local business associations, and more than 400 representatives of Japanese corporations attended the information sessions in Tokyo and Osaka.

The directors of the Tianjin FTZ Administrative Commission, Binhai New Area, the Tianjin Port Dongjiang Area, Airport Area, and Central Business Area and the three sub-areas introduced basic information about the policies and economic climate, preferential policies, innovative contents, transitioning governmental functions, the convenience for investment and commerce, financial innovations, and integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.

The Japanese corporations acknowledged that Tianjin FTZ, as the only pilot free trade zone in North China and the open platform for the integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, will provide a positive business and investment environment and bring benefits to Japanese companies in China.