The East Expo promotes China -ASEAN economic and trade cooperation to harvest fruit

Xinhua News Agency, Nanning, September 16 (Reporter Luo Bo, Qin Xingxing) The theme of "Sharing New RCEP Opportunities, Promote China -ASEAN Free Trade Zone 3.0 version 3.0", the 19th China -ASEAN Expo and China -ASEAN Business and Investment The summit was held in Nanning, Guangxi from September 16th to 19th. Since 2004, the Eastern Expo has actively promoted bilateral mutual trust and promoted the results of China and ASEAN economic and trade cooperation.

Mesida Group Co., Ltd. is a local company in Guangxi. It has carried construction mechanical fist products for 10 consecutive years to participate in the East Expo. According to Huang Kanghua, chairman of the company, with the help of the exhibition platform, the company's equipment has entered the ASEAN countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and played a positive role in the fields of construction waste resources, mining mining and tailings treatment. Compared with the whole year of 2021, the company's export business in the ASEAN market in the first half of this year increased by 200%.

The expansion of the Meastda Group in the ASEAN market is a microcosm of the Eastern Expo to promote the steady progress of bilateral economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN. By holding a series of high -level conference forums, the East Expo established and improved the dialogue mechanism to promote the continuous strengthening of China -ASEAN communication. From the expansion booth to the "circle of friends" in the "circle of friends", the international attraction and influence of the East Expo are significantly improved.

The reporter learned from the Secretariat of the China -ASEAN Expo that a total of 1.015 million merchants participated in the first 18 East Expo. The economic and trade results have achieved remarkable economic and trade results.

From January to July this year, the trade volume of China and ASEAN reached 544.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 13.1%year -on -year, accounting for 15%of China's total foreign trade import and export. China has maintained ASEAN's largest trading partner for 13 consecutive years, and ASEAN as the largest status of China's largest trading partner has been further consolidated.

On September 15, 2009, two 100,000 -ton container berths in the Qinzhou Bonded Port Area were put into use. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Ailin, Zhang Ailin

In addition to the continuous rapid growth of bilateral trade, investment cooperation between the two parties has also achieved remarkable results. Data show that as of the end of July, China and ASEAN have a cumulative two -way investment of more than 340 billion US dollars. A large number of major projects such as China -Malaysia and China and Indonesia's "two countries" have been implemented smoothly. China and ASEAN countries actively expand cooperation in the fields of digital economy, e -commerce, and green development.

Since RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement), it has taken effect since it takes effect. Agricultural products, leisure foods, industrial supplies and other goods from ASEAN countries have entered the Chinese market more conveniently. Durian imported from Thailand, Malaysia and other places has been welcomed by consumers. Just the past Mid -Autumn Festival, many citizens in Nanning in Guangxi poured into major supermarkets and farmers' markets to buy durian.

Wang Haifeng, a doctor of China -ASEAN Research Institute of China -ASEAN Research Institute, said that the continuously growing economic and trade data and stable trade partnerships reflect the vitality of China's economic and trade cooperation with ASEAN. The Eastern Expo has promoted the development of the China -ASEAN Free Trade Zone to develop, and has become a model for regional open cooperation.

The Eleven Kingdoms of One Bay, the benign interaction, the east, China and the West. Located in Guangxi, southern China, the coast, along the river, and along the edge are unique in terms of location. In recent years, Guangxi has continuously strengthened the interconnection with infrastructure such as railway, highways, ports, and airports in ASEAN countries.

In the first half of this year, Nanning Wuxu International Airport opened 7 international freight routes including Nanning -Sabah, Nanning -Hanoi. It is currently 13 in Flying International Freight Airlines and leads to many ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. As of July 31, Nanning Airport's international cargo and postal throughput reached 39,900 tons this year, a year -on -year increase of 477.3%.

2022 is the beginning of the start of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership of China ASEAN, RCEP takes effect, and the 3.0 version of the China -ASEAN Free Trade Zone is about to start. The 19th East Expo held in this context was given more expectations.

Cai Lixin, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Executive Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, introduced that the enthusiasm of enterprises to participate in the exhibition is high. The total area of ​​the physical exhibition of the East Expo is 102,000 square meters, of which the area of ​​foreign exhibitions accounts for about 30%, which has returned to the level before the epidemic. For the first time in Vietnam, the demand for booths and exhibitors in Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, and the Philippines after the epidemic was significantly improved. Domestic exhibition content highlights the cooperation of emerging industries and key areas. For the first time, it has set up a central enterprise exhibition area, new energy vehicle and parts exhibition area, cultural tourism health exhibition area, cross -border e -commerce and new retail exhibition areas.

Yu Kejie, a professor at the School of Foreign Affairs, said that in the context of the implementation of the RCEP, the East Expo will use a stable and mature management mechanism to open up a larger space of China -ASEAN economic and trade cooperation and further promote cooperation and exchanges between RCEP member states.

(Luo Bo, Qin Xingxing)

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