On March 13th, senior officials of the East China Association of China and ASEAN countries gathered together to discuss the preparation of the 15th East China Fair to jointly promote the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and build a China-ASEAN innovation community. Cooperation plan.
Representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the commerce authorities of the ASEAN countries, the senior officials of the ASEAN Secretariat and the leaders of the East China Fair Secretariat attended the meeting. Mr. Guo Chuanwei, Commercial Counselor, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China; Tong Tong co-chaired the Senior Officials' Meeting. Guo Chuanwei delivered an important speech. Wang Lei, Secretary General of the East China Fair Secretariat, briefed the general preparations for the 15th East China Fair. Senior officials from various countries held important events on the 15th East Expo. Active discussion and exchange were held. During this time, the lottery ceremony for the booth of the “City of Charm” exhibition was held.
'To jointly build the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and build China-ASEAN Innovation Community' is the theme of this year's East Expo. The meeting confirmed that the 15th East Expo will be held in Nanning on September 12-15 this year. The Expo will be based on the theme of "Building a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Building a China-ASEAN Innovation Community", the 15th Anniversary of the China-ASEAN Strategic Partnership, the 15th Anniversary of the East China Fair, and the China-ASEAN Innovation Year as an opportunity. We will use the platform of the East Expo to deepen the cooperation in the areas of economy, trade and innovation, and move the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road from a consensus to a pragmatic approach, boosting the sharing of ideas, prosperity and sharing, and building a China-ASEAN fate community with shared responsibility. Innovate regional cooperation mechanisms, enhance high-level dialogue platforms, promote China-ASEAN strategic partnership to a new level, extend the value chain of exhibitions, reinforce specialized cooperation platforms, and promote new results in China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation; further develop the role of 'channels in Nanning'; Promote China-ASEAN multi-sectoral exchanges to a new level of work goals.
The East China Fair will be jointly organized to further deepen the all-round cooperation between China and ASEAN. Mr. Guo Chuanwei, Commercial Counsellor of the Asian Department of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, stated in his speech that the economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN entered a fast track in 2017, bilateral trade volume in the year, and two-way investment The amount is steadily rising. 2018 is the key node for the upgrading of friendly relations and exchanges and cooperation between the two sides. He hopes that the two parties will strengthen cooperation and do a good job in the invitation of the leaders and ministers of ASEAN countries to promote the high-end docking of government and business, and promote the continued development of the government. The Expo was determined as a key exhibition in China, and the organization and coordination mechanism of East China Fair with multi-sector support and participation was established and improved. It further promoted the promotion and development of East China Fair, actively organized the participation of high-quality enterprises from home countries, and strengthened cooperation and innovation of international capacity between China and ASEAN countries. Cooperation, improvement of investment promotion work mechanisms, joint efforts for information dissemination, strengthening of daily trade and investment promotion services, etc. to further strengthen cooperation and jointly manage the 15th East China Fair. Yin Shuyan, Foreign Trade Development Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China stated that the Ministry of Commerce of China is highly Attach importance to the East China Fair and regard the East China Fair as an economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN countries The core platform. She suggests accelerating China-ASEAN free trade zone upgrades to be on the ground, allowing enterprises to enjoy the benefits of trade and investment facilitation; strengthening departmental cooperation and promoting daily trade promotion to a new level; better playing the platform of the East China Fair. , Further deepen trade and investment promotion work.
The 15th East Expo is rich in content and has many activities. The Secretary-General of the East China Trade Fair Secretariat, Wang Lei, introduced the preparations for the 15th East China Fair and the working arrangements. He emphasized that in order to highlight this year, it was established by China-ASEAN. The 15th anniversary of the strategic partnership, the 15th anniversary of the East China Fair, and the special significance of the China-ASEAN Innovation Year. This year, the East China Fair held Chinese and foreign guests in the exhibition halls in previous years to hold the opening meeting. Chinese leaders met with Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs and took photos. , Opening ceremony of the theme country, ASEAN leaders and Chinese companies CEO roundtable dialogue, holding agricultural exhibitions and light industry exhibitions, on the basis of many forum meetings and activities organized during the session, will hold more important activities, including China and ASEAN countries Leaders shared a friendship tree, the founding of the China-ASEAN Entrepreneurs Federation and the 15th Anniversary of the China-ASEAN Entrepreneurs Summit, the 15th Anniversary of the Economic and Trade Achievements Exhibition, and the 15th Anniversary Symposium. A special issue will also be published. Activities and so on.
More effective measures to ensure that this year's East China Fair will achieve better results. Secretary-General Wang Lei said in his speech that it will work together with the ASEAN countries and co-organizers to jointly hold a wonderful event. First, maintain high-level exhibitions, and hold high-end business and trade partners. The second is to improve the mechanism, highlight the national image of the subject country and the effectiveness of trade and economics; third, optimize exhibition content and investment promotion activities, deepen and refine the professional docking; fourth, broaden channels, accurately invite professional visitors, and strengthen business matching; Inviting partners to the 'Friend Circle' to continue to invite the countries along the route to serve as invited partners to create more business opportunities. Sixthly, to enhance exhibition management and service levels and create a good atmosphere. Seventh, continue to hold high-level forums and activities. Multi-field cooperation; 8 is to strengthen publicity and promotion, and further enhance the influence of the East China Fair; 9 is to improve the business cooperation mechanism, and actively mobilize the enthusiasm of business communities in various countries.
We will continue to play an important role as a platform to deepen cooperation in the areas of economy, trade and innovation. Secretary-General Wang Lei introduced that the East China Fair will extend the value chain of the exhibition and continue to promote the pattern of “one major, multiple, and parallel exhibitions.” At the same time, professional exhibitions and ASEAN tours are held. In professional exhibitions, professional exhibitions such as agricultural exhibitions, light industry exhibitions, animation and game exhibitions, forest trees exhibitions, and tourism exhibitions will continue to be held. In terms of ASEAN tourism, 2018 will be held in Cambodia in March this year. East China Fair Cambodia will be held in Yangon, Myanmar in May 2018 China-ASEAN (Yangon, Myanmar) Product Expo, will be held in Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam in 2018 East China Fair Vietnam Electromechanical Exhibition.
"I believe that with the support of the 11 governments, there is cooperation between all of you here. In September, we will surely usher in yet another exciting Dong Bo event." Wang Lei said with confidence.