ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, THE SECOND NORTHEAST ASIA LOCAL COOPERATION ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN CHANGCHUN CITY, JILIN PROVINCE. REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTIPLE COUNTRIES JOINTLY EXPLORE HOW TO TURN THE MARITIME ADVANTAGES OF NORTHEAST ASIA INTO A "NEW BLUE OCEAN" FOR REGIONAL EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION.THE THEME OF THIS CONFERENCE IS "CONNECTING MARKET RESOURCES AND JOINTLY BUILDING THE NORTHEAST ASIA MARINE ECONOMIC COOPERATION CIRCLE". AT THE FORUM, "OCEAN ECONOMY" HAS BECOME A KEY TERM REPEATEDLY MENTIONED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, PROMOTING INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY, JOINTLY DEVELOPING OCEAN RELATED INDUSTRIES, PROTECTING THE MARINE ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, AND CULTIVATING OCEAN ENERGY TALENTS. VARIOUS OCEAN RELATED ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED ONE AFTER ANOTHER.SERGEI CHERNENKO, CONSUL GENERAL OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN SHENYANG, STATED THAT NORTHEAST ASIA HAS ENORMOUS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE BILATERAL TRADE VOLUME BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JILIN PROVINCE REACHED 5.177 BILLION YUAN, A YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE OF 83%.LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN NORTHEAST ASIA ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE MARINE ECONOMY WILL BECOME A NEW GROWTH POINT FOR ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA. GOVERNOR OF SHIMANE PREFECTURE IN JAPAN, TATSUYA MARUYAMA, ALSO STATED THAT NORTHEAST ASIA HAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S FEW CENTRAL PORTS, AND WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL REGULAR CONTAINER SHIPPING ROUTES, IT IS EXPECTED TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION.