Matsubara Takehiro, head of Japanese chemical and pharmaceutical producer CBC Group, together with Peng Zhiyuan, president of Beijing Paicheng International Education Technology Company, paid a visit to Nanyang on Jan 15.

The two are considering seeking cooperation opportunities in both healthcare and smart healthcare education.

During a meeting with Matsubara and Peng, Jing Jinsong, vice mayor of Nanyang, said that the southwestern city plans to strengthen traditional Chinese medical culture and the city's abundance of medical herbs provides an excellent opportunity for it to develop its healthcare industry. He hoped that the two companies would cooperate with Nanyang and further enhance cooperation in talent exchanges and training, elderly care, and medical manufacturing.