Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, center, and other Korean business leaders engage in a video conference with Chinese counterparts online, Monday. Courtesy of KCCI

By Kim Hyun-bin

Korean and Chinese businesspeople agreed to bolster exchanges by strengthening a 1.5-track dialogue platform consisting of both the private and public sectors, and to promote cooperation in the second phase of Korea-China free trade agreement negotiations, industrial cooperation and carbon neutrality, according to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Monday.

The KCCI held the "3rd Korea-China Businessmen and Former High-ranking Government Official Dialogue" online in Seoul and Beijing Monday, together with the China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE).

The first dialogue was held in 2018 to promote economic cooperation and exchanges between the two countries, and consisted of key businesspeople and former high-ranking officials from both countries, serving as a channel to discuss mid- to long-term tasks.

The Korean side of the event was chaired by Yoo Il-ho, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance, along with other business leaders, including KCCI Chairman Chey Tae-won, LS Vice Chairman Myung Roe-hyun and Park Seung-hee, president of Samsung Electronics.