On July 17, the State Council Information Office held the 15th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN strategic partnership and the 15th China-ASEAN Expo, the press conference of China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit. This is the China-ASEAN for 15 consecutive years on China-ASEAN. The Expo and the Business and Investment Summit held a press conference.
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Gao Yan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce of China
Chen Zhou, Vice President of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Secretary-General Huang Weijing
Gao Yan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Chen Zhou, Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Huang Weijing, Member of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee and Secretary-General Huang Weijing, respectively introduced the economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN and the 15th China-ASEAN Expo, Business and Investment Summit Highlights and preparations for progress.
China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation has developed rapidly and achieved fruitful results. Gao Yan said that this year marks the 15th anniversary of China-ASEAN strategic partnership. In the past 15 years, bilateral economic and trade cooperation has achieved remarkable results: First, the bilateral trade between China and ASEAN has increased substantially. The bilateral trade volume increased from more than 78 billion US dollars in 2003 to more than 500 billion US dollars in 2017, an increase of more than 5 times. China has become the largest trading partner of ASEAN for 9 consecutive years. ASEAN has become China's third largest trade for 7 consecutive years. Partners. Second, China-ASEAN investment cooperation has been fruitful. In the past 15 years, the two-way investment has increased by more than 160 billion US dollars, and the accumulated investment stock has reached 200 billion US dollars. ASEAN has become a key area for Chinese enterprises to invest abroad. Third, China and ASEAN participate in the area. All the way' construction achievements are remarkable, and a series of cooperation consensus, important measures and pragmatic achievements have been reached on the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. Fourth, the economic integration of China and ASEAN has developed rapidly. After the completion of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2010, By 2015, the free trade zone upgrade negotiations were completed.
The Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Secretary-General Huang Weijing introduced the China-ASEAN Expo, the important role of the Business and Investment Summit in promoting China-ASEAN all-round cooperation and the new features of the current East Fair. Huang Weijing said that the East Expo will be held 15 Over the years, it has played an important role in promoting the in-depth development of China-ASEAN strategic partnership: First, to build a consensus on cooperation and promote strategic cooperation. The first 14 sessions of the East Expo have 67 Chinese and foreign leaders, and more than 2,900 ministerial guests attended. Through a series of high-level friendly exchange activities, we will enhance strategic mutual trust and work together to build a closer China-ASEAN destiny community. Second, we will promote trade and investment facilitation and serve the construction of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. The first 14 sessions of the East Expo have a total of more than 660,000. The famous traders participated in the conference and reached a large number of major projects, forming a pattern of 'one main and multiple specialties, and parallel exhibitions'. The third is to promote multi-field cooperation and promote all-round deep communication. More than 200 were held under the framework of the East Expo. Conference forums covering more than 40 fields, establishing multi-field cooperation mechanisms, and driving a number of major projects such as China-ASEAN Information Port
This year's East Fair will open on September 12. Huang Weijing introduced the new features of this event: First, the theme highlights the 'Belt and Road' and innovation cooperation. This year is the China-ASEAN Innovation Cooperation Year, this event will be built together. The theme of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Building the China-ASEAN Innovation Community, fully demonstrating the new trends of innovation and innovation cooperation, and injecting new impetus into China-ASEAN cooperation. Second, the 15th anniversary celebrations. Including China and ASEAN. The national leaders have planted the Friendship Tree, the 15th Anniversary Economic and Trade Achievements Exhibition, the 15th Anniversary of the China-ASEAN Entrepreneur Summit and the 15th Anniversary Series of publicity activities. Third, the exhibition is richer in content and more business opportunities. The products exhibited in China are prominently informatized. Intelligent, green and energy-saving, with scientific and technological innovation and upgrading to promote more comprehensive economic and trade cooperation; ASEAN countries exhibit more well-known brand goods than previous years, there are 8 ASEAN countries' pavilions; 'One Belt, One Road' international exhibition area exhibits more exhibits Fourth, actively promote the construction of the 'Southbound Passage'. Show relevant policies and measures for the provinces, autonomous regions and cities along the southbound channel, industrial advantages, infrastructure construction , import and export trade, logistics clearance, financial services, investment promotion, foreign investment and other content to build a platform, provide comprehensive services, promote policy communication, industrial docking and project landing, hold a south-channel channel special promotion meeting. Fifth, the cooperation field is wider. Under the framework of this Expo, the series of high-level forums will continue to be held. The areas covered will be based on the original, and new areas such as emergency rescue, ocean and commercial arbitration will be added to promote key projects. Currently, there are 37 forums.
The 15th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit will innovate and enhance the activities while enriching and polishing the original brand activities, enriching the content of the event. The summit will hold a round-table dialogue between the leaders of the theme countries and the CEOs of Chinese companies, China - ASEAN Business Leaders Forum, the first "Belt and Road" New Economic Development Forum, the first "Belt and Road" Youth Leadership Forum and other 9 events.
At present, the preparatory work for the 15th East China Fair is progressing smoothly, and domestic and foreign enterprises are signing up for the exhibition. The theme country of the current East Fair is Cambodia. The African country of the Silk Road Economic Belt Extension Line is a special partner of Tanzania. The current East Fair will improve the service level. The Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center will be completed and completed, with better software and hardware and higher service level. Beihai, as China's 'City of Charm', is also ready to be displayed. Unique style.
The press conference was hosted by the Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the State Council Information Office, Yan Yanchun. The press conference was highly concerned by Chinese and foreign media. A total of 41 Chinese and foreign media reporters attended the press conference. CCTV Chinese International Channel, News Channel and Guangxi TV broadcasted a press conference.