The reporter learned from the press conference of the State Council Information Office on the 29th that the 18th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit will be held in Nanning, Guangxi from September 10th to 13th, which will be part of the regional comprehensive economic partners. Companies from member countries of the Relations Agreement (RCEP) set up special exhibition areas and held RCEP special training activities.
The theme of this year's expo and summit is "sharing new land and sea channels and new opportunities to build a China-ASEAN community of shared future", and will be held in a combined online and offline mode. The subject country continues to be Laos.
Assistant Minister of Commerce Ren Hongbin said at the meeting that the current China-ASEAN Expo is actively promoting the implementation of RCEP. To this end, the Expo will hold RCEP special training for small and medium-sized enterprises, hold the RCEP Economic and Trade Cooperation Business Summit Forum, and set up RCEP exhibition area and so on.
According to Liu Hongwu, Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Expo not only invited some RCEP member companies, but also more companies from countries along the “Belt and Road” to participate in the exhibition, and strive to promote the China-ASEAN Expo from serving “10+1” to serving. RCEP and "One Belt One Road" expansion.
At present, the “Belt and Road” international exhibition area has a total exhibition area of about 9,000 square meters, a year-on-year increase of 28.6%. More than 20 countries including Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, France, Spain and other countries have organized companies to participate in the exhibition.
Liu Hongwu also said that the China-ASEAN Expo will be restored to its pre-epidemic scale. At present, the total investment and exhibition area of the "One Conference and Three Pavilions" has reached 124,000 square meters, an increase of 20,000 square meters over the previous session. Among them, the international exhibition area has increased by 2,000 square meters. The scale of exhibitors in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore increased by 67%, 50%, and 30%, respectively.
Regarding the investment summit, Zhang Shaogang, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that a roundtable dialogue between the leaders of the theme country (Laos) and the CEOs of Chinese companies, the China-ASEAN Business Leaders Forum and the 30th Anniversary Special Meeting of the China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations will be held during this period, and China-ASEAN Commercial Legal Cooperation Seminar.
It is reported that since the China-ASEAN Expo and the Investment Summit, a total of 97 Chinese and foreign leaders, more than 3,400 ministerial guests have attended, 926,000 Chinese and foreign businessmen participated in the exhibition, and a total of 282 high-level conferences and forums have been held.
(Source: Xinhuanet.com original title: The 18th China-ASEAN Expo will be held in Nanning in September, and there will be an RCEP exhibition area)
