BEIJING, Feb. 2-- China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shandong Sub-council hopes to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Malaysia.

This was expressed by Lian Jiajun, a senior council official when visiting the 898 mall established by the Malaysia Shangdong Chamber of Commerce in Kuala Lumpur recently.

East China's Shandong Province and Malaysia are important trade partners to each other.

The "zero cost entry mode" launched by the Malaysia Shandong Chamber of Commerce at 898 Mall will provide opportunity and platform for Shandong enterprises to go abroad, he added.

Also, a senior official of the Malaysia Shandong Chamber of Commerce, said 898 Mall is a new platform of trade cooperation between China and Malaysia. There won't be any pre-landing fee for merchants at 898 Mall and the risk to start business there will be reduced.