New opportunities for sharing: China -ASEAN and promote comprehensive strategic partnership

Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center, shot on September 16. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Hua

Xinhua News Agency, Nanning, September 17th: Sharing New Opportunities: China -ASEAN joins to promote comprehensive strategic partnership

Xinhua News Agency reporters Pan Qiang, Huang Haoming, Julili

"The East Expo is essential for strengthening the commercial network and regional interconnection between enterprises, traders and investors in the region." At the 19th China -ASEAN Expo and China -ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, which opened on the 16th, it opened on the 16th , Lin Yuhui, Secretary -General of ASEAN.

This year is the beginning of the start of the ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership, and it is also the form of the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP). The theme of the current East Expo is "Sharing new RCEP opportunities and promotes the China -ASEAN Free Trade Zone 3.0", which aims to explore new opportunities and make China ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership relationship closer in the future.

Wang Shouwen, a representative and deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce of China, said that the Ministry of Commerce will promote high -quality implementation of RCEP, and an upgraded version of the China -ASEAN Free Trade Zone with ASEAN actively creating a high -quality China -ASEAN free trade zone to expand new areas such as digital economy and green economy high quality. Cooperation. Looking forward to taking good on the platform mechanism to jointly promote the new situation of China ASEAN economic and trade cooperation.

The effective implementation of RCEP has created new opportunities for trade and investment cooperation between China and ASEAN. ASEAN countries generally believe that the crisis and challenges can be transformed into opportunities through RCEP.

Laos Vice Premier Song Sai said that RCEP helps to expand the circulation of goods, funds and services, enhance the resilience of regional value chain, and better integrate into the construction and implementation process of China -ASEAN free trade zone, further improve the effectiveness and effectiveness of the agreement and the effectiveness of the agreement and the effectiveness of the agreement and Timeliness.

China and ASEAN are important manufacturing bases in the world. They have a large consumer market. The close economic and trade exchanges between the two parties have enhanced the lives of 2 billion people in the region. China has maintained ASEAN's largest trading partner status for 13 consecutive years. Since 2020, ASEAN has become China's largest trading partner.

Philippine President Marcos said that the GDP growth in the second quarter of this year has a lot to do with the active performance of consumer recovery, government projects and manufacturing and service industries. The Philippines hopes to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with China and other ASEAN countries to allow more foreign companies including China to invest in the Philippines.

China has made a positive contribution to promoting regional development and enhancing the toughness of the ASEAN economy, which has been fully affirmed by the ASEAN countries and the international community.

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen said that he thanked the Chinese government for paying great attention to and actively supporting the development and prosperity of ASEAN. Cambodia will continue to work hard to further promote the cooperation between ASEAN and China, and make the social and economic development of both parties more sustainable, inclusive and tough.

Thailand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Donbar Muwine said that China plays an important constructive role in the development process of the region, strengthening ASEAN and China, and helping to create good creation for regional economic recovery and improve economic development toughness. environment of. Thailand will strengthen collaboration with China and ASEAN countries. Based on the achievements that have achieved over the past 30 years, they will continue to work together to work together to a common future.

Malaysia is the theme country of the 19th China -ASEAN Expo. It is also the first time that the theme country has been the theme country after the first time in 2011.

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismore said that the China -ASEAN Free Trade Agreement is the basis of China -ASEAN trade relations and play an important role in promoting the sustainable development of both parties and benefit enterprises and regions. It is hoped that ASEAN and China will continue to work hard to promote the upgrading and development of the China -ASEAN Free Trade Zone.

On September 16, the audience visited the exhibition hall at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang Photo

At present, the international situation is complex and changing, the risks of geopolitical situations are tight, global inflation rates, supply chain interruptions, and new crown pneumonia virus variations.

Nevertheless, trade between ASEAN and China still grows positively. Lin Yuhui believes that the industrial and commercial community of ASEAN and China should better play a better role, maintain innovation and vitality, and resist the challenges facing global economic growth.

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, the import and export of China in the first eight months of this year increased by 14%year -on -year. During the same period, the import and export of 14 other members of China and RCEP increased by 7.5%year -on -year.

Cambodia is the President of the Eastern Union in 2022. Hun Sen believes that in the future, it is necessary to further expand and deepen economic and trade cooperation between ASEAN and China, and promote the capacity building of the digital economy, green growth and SMEs.

Wang Ruijie, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Minister of Economic Policy, said that ASEAN and China should strengthen interconnection and give play to the potential of the new international land and sea channels. Through this multi -type transportation channel, the toughness of the regional supply chain is enhanced, and the development of the digital economy and the green economy is promoted.

Vietnam Executive Deputy Prime Minister Fan Pingming said that Vietnam is willing to work closely with other ASEAN countries and China to further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between China -ASEAN and make substantial contributions to regional peace, stability and prosperity.

[Editor in charge: Jiao Peng]

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