Since 2015, Keizai Koho Center, in cooperation with the Guangdong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, has been conducting an exchange program inviting students selected from universities in Guangdong province to Japan.

In 2020, KKC decided to hold an online program to continue the exchange between Japan and China, as travel became difficult due to COVID-19. On December 14, KKC held an online meeting on “Corporate Management for the Creation of a Sustainable Society” inviting Chinese university students, around 50 of them, from Jinan University, Guangdong University of Technology and Guangzhou University, in cooperation with Guangdong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Guangdong Education Agency. At the meeting, Mr. Masao Seki, Chair of Task Force on Keidanren’s Charter of Corporate Behavior/Senior Advisor on CSR, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., Mr. Takahiro Suzuki, Director of the CSR Department of Aeon Co., Ltd. and Ms. Liu Yue, Senior General Manager of the Sustainability Office of OMRON Corporation made presentations.

In 2019, six university students from Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University, South China Normal University, South China University of Technology, Jinan University, Guangdong University of Technology and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies participated in the program. They visited Kao, Oki Electric Industry and AEON, and heard the explanation from The All Japan Business Committee for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics (FUJITSU, NTT) and The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The students learned about the efforts of Japanese companies and organizations toward a barrier-free society, urban development, and universal design.

In 2018, eight university students from Sun Yat-sen University, Jinan University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, South China Agricultural University, South China Normal University, and Guangdong University of Finance and Economics participated in the program. They visited Panasonic, SECOM, Tokyo Metro, LIXIL, ASICS and the Tokyo Fire Department to learn about their efforts toward the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020 Convention).

In 2017, 8 university students from Minzu University of China (Beijing), China Youth University of Political Studies (Beijing), Tongji University (Shanghai), Shanghai Normal University (Shanghai), Sun Yat-sen University (Guangdong) and South China Agricultural University (Guangdong) participated in the program. They visited companies and organizations including Mitsubishi Estate, Lawson, Fuji Electric, Tokyu Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Good Job Attractions and Yomiuri Land. The students were warmly welcomed at each visit and learned about the cutting edge technologies and business strategies of Japanese corporations.