It is reported (reporters Qian Baoqi, Zhang Xufeng): on April 9, as usual, it is said that Makoto Kobayashi will visit Tangshan, the main leaders of the administration committee of Tangshan New & High Technology Development Zone take cars to Beijing to welcome him. They know, in accompany with Makoto Kobayashi is SHIMADA HIROO, the president of Kobel Co., Ltd. This means that the construction process of welding base in the New & High Zone will be accelerated.
　　Acting as the agent of Tangshan in Japan, Makoto Kobayashi, since he retired from Panasonic Welding Machine, has persuade Japanese businessmen to invest in Tangshan New & High Technology Development Zone with his experience as an example. Through his introduction, Tangshan welding base has built its frame with the joining of Panasonic Welder, Koike, Jinxing Co., Ltd., Kobe Steel, etc. The industry chains in the base has already taken shape.

　　At present, there are 13 high-level personages who come from Japan, U.S.A., Germany, S. Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions and have rich experience in investment promotion, acting as the investment promoter of the New & High Zone like Makoto Kobayashi. Tangshan New & High Zone has changed its investment promotion mode by adopting the method of promoting investment by foreign businessman.

　　This agent system, not only reserves large quantities of investment clients for the Zone but also strengthens the pertinence and performance of investment promotion. Following the welding base, the New & High Zone has planned the project of automobile parts base. Recently, they are expanding the planning area in the zone and open up the special zone to accept the projects of AW automobile automatic gear-box, Hitachi metal special steel, and flexible hose, etc. with a gross investment of nearly 250 million USD. The Zone’s industry characteristics are more and more obvious.