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(1)	Promoting Industries for Environment, New Energies, Water-infrastructure, Life Science and Tourism
(2)	Attractive Redevelopment of Cities
(3)	Building up ‘Osaka-brands’, ‘Kansai-brands’ by moving ahead with (1) and (2)
(4)	Creating “Osaka Metropolis of Endless Visitors” by expanding Inbound/Outbound flows of people (human resources) and companies into/from Osaka-Kansai and joining the upgrowth of Rising Nations mainly of Asia, all through our work on (1)/(2)/(3)

Establishment of OSAKA-BRANDS・KANSAI-BRANDS

Support to SME’s Entry into Growth Businesses
STRATEGIC PROJECTS for The Whole OSAKA·KANSAI

To be a City of Tourism and Entertainment

Promoting Inbound flows from Asia particularly China, then spreading its Economic Effects to the whole of Osaka

・	Promoting Tourism, with OSAKA CASTLE as the core
・	Enhancing the charm of Aqua Metropolis centering around Nakanoshima
・	Calling forth more spendings by Inbound visitors
・	Supporting the Rebirth of City center
・	Supporting Expansion of Inbound flows
	*By promoting more exchange with western Japan

To Form a MEDICAL POLIS

To Form in Osaka, with the collaboration of ALL KANSAI (industry / academia / government), an International MEDICAL POLIS (complex medical industry center) by enhancing the wide-ranging industrial accumulation deriving from development of drugs and medical appliances/instruments

・	Creation of an International Medical Polis
・	Projects to create new businesses in the food, housing, services industries with medical organizations as the core
・	Promoting, through the Medical Device Forum, both international and domestic collaboration between industry / academia / government, also between industries (businesses) themselves.
・	Promoting the collaboration between industry / academia / government and also between industries (businesses) themselves, through domestic business meetings categorized by diseases, drug seeds and platform technologies, and international business meetings categorized by countries / regions and organizations.

To be a “Hub for export of Water Infrastructure”

Promoting export of Water Infrastructure by strengthening collaboration between Government offices and Osaka·Kansai’s Large Corporations/SME’s (small and medium enterprises)

・	Operation of ‘Water Group’ of the "Kansai-Asia Environmental and Energy-Saving Business Promotion Forum"
・	Participation in “Organization for Promotion of Overseas Development of Osaka City’s Water·Environment Technologies” (provisionally entitled)

To be a Hub for Research &
Development for Environment /
New Energies Industries

Aiming for the World’s top-level R&D base in Environment/New Energies

・	To offer cooperation for the application by the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City for the Comprehensive Special Zone of International Strategies
・	Promoting Environment-friendly industries for the world markets
・	Cooperating with “Project NEXT” (NEO Exciting Electronic & Energy Technology Project) of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

To Open up Rising Nations’ Markets

To Support Businesses to Open up Markets In Rising Nations’ “Middle class” (volume zones)

・	Offering information through ‘The Platform to Develop Outlets in Rising Nations’ Markets’
・	Supporting Opening-up of Rising Nations’ Markets through Sales Missions with Top-ranking Leaders Promoting Sales
・	Conducting Business-matching events with Overseas Buyers
・	To Support Business with China

IMPROVING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT of SMEs
STRENGTHENING of FOUNDATION

Expansion of Business

Securing and Developing Human Resources

・	Inviting (attracting) Companies, Organizations, Universities, Research institutes, Foreign Public agencies/bodies
・	Business-matching events such as the Market to Discover prospective Good Sellers, the Osaka Industrial Exhibition etc.
・	Supporting Expansion of Companies’ Wide-Area Transactions through The Business Mall

・	Developing Human Resources to be the support and driving force of next-generation industries
・	Conducting Courses/Classes to contribute to development of corporate human resources

Support to Business Start-up and Management

Reinforcing Infrastructure

・	Conducting Consultations on business management
・	Supporting M&A (merger & acquisition)·succession of business
・	Supporting Start-up and Development of Ventures

・	Promoting Reinforcement of City/Urban Infrastructure including highways/roads, harbors, railroads etc.
・	Promoting the Comprehensive Plan for the Kansai International Airport

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