A business information seminar on promoting investment in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, was held Wednesday in Osaka, western Japan.

Organized by the Municipal People's Government of Dezhou in cooperation with Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), the Dezhou City Investment Environment Information Seminar aimed to attract Japanese investment and also to realize new commercial or trading opportunities in the city with a population of 5.8 million people.

The seminar attracted about 70 business leaders and officials from Osaka and its surrounding region of Kansai.