China ASEAN Destiny and Shared Future
Under the wave of collaborative discussions at the ASEAN Summit, the 20th China ASEAN Expo and the China ASEAN Business and Investment Summit were held from September 16th to 19th in Nanning, Guangxi. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the East China Expo, the second year of China ASEAN becoming a comprehensive strategic partnership, and the 10th anniversary of the concept of building a closer China ASEAN community with a shared future. China and ASEAN countries stand at a new starting point to discuss opportunities, face challenges, and seek cooperation together, promoting the China ASEAN partnership to a higher level.
The East China Expo has witnessed the significant development of China ASEAN relations and has continuously improved and upgraded accordingly. In 2003, China became the first country to establish a strategic partnership with ASEAN, marking the beginning of a new chapter in bilateral relations and the emergence of the East China Expo. Following the construction process of the China ASEAN Free Trade Area, the East China Expo adopts a "government stage, economic performance" model, continuously expanding exhibition content and service functions, and building a bridge of friendly cooperation in multiple fields; At the same time, in order to further play the role of an open platform and expand from serving "10+1" cooperation to serving the cooperation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and jointly building the "the Belt and Road", relevant member countries are invited to serve as special partners to connect development plans, pool cooperation and common understanding, and constantly promote the implementation of relevant mechanisms and initiatives in ASEAN.
Over the past 20 years, the East China Expo has contributed to the increasingly close partnership between China and ASEAN. China has maintained its position as the largest trading partner of ASEAN for 14 consecutive years, and the two sides have been each other's largest trading partners and important sources and destinations of investment for 3 consecutive years. On the policy interpretation platform, industry docking platform and information service platform provided by the Expo, more and more ASEAN enterprises choose to take the express train of bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and a series of landmark "the Belt and Road" projects have been achieved. The long-term bottlenecks faced by ASEAN, such as insufficient infrastructure investment and relatively lagging regional connectivity, are gradually being overcome. The China ASEAN partnership has become the most successful and dynamic model in Asia Pacific regional cooperation, and a vivid example of promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Nowadays, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation, and the risks of global industrial and supply chains are difficult to reduce. The global economy is deeply at risk of tearing apart. In this situation, developed economies in the United States and the West blame their own conflicts and problems on economic globalization and other countries for their own selfish interests, engage in trade protectionism and camp confrontation, and the Asia Pacific region has become a "disaster zone". Faced with this counter current, the international community should firmly join forces to resist it. The world looks forward to China and ASEAN continuing to practice the concepts of mutual assistance, friendship, sincerity, and mutual benefit, and unleashing more potential for cooperation and development dividends. After 20 years of ups and downs, the East China Expo has once again received high attention and new expectations from the international community at a new starting point.
Currently, China and ASEAN countries are actively implementing the consensus reached by their leaders, adhering to the initiative of jointly building the "Five Homelands" of China and ASEAN, as well as the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative; Based on the new starting point of cooperation between China and ASEAN, this grand event focuses on high-level open cooperation and holds the first themed side meeting on "Institutional Openness: A New Pattern of Regional Economic Development" to jointly discuss and deepen the achievements of institutional openness in rules, regulations, management, standards, and commercial affairs within the region; In addition, the number of events, projects, total investment, and the proportion of manufacturing investment at this year's East China Expo have all reached new highs in history.
Building a home together, with shared destiny and a shared future. At present, China is promoting Chinese path to modernization with high-quality development, deepening economic and trade cooperation with ASEAN through hosting the East China Expo and other measures, and injecting strong momentum into the deepening and implementation of the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership. Carrying the consensus and momentum of cooperation between both sides, the East China Expo is also moving forward at a new starting point, striving to become the primary channel for all-round cooperation of the China ASEAN community with a shared future, promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, enhancing regional connectivity, jointly building an open regional economy, and driving regional and even global economic recovery with strong momentum.