Xinhua News Agency, Nanning, September 12 (International Observation) Join hands with the East Expo to seek common development-International people look forward to the East Expo to boost confidence and promote regional economic recovery
Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Yi Wang Jiawei
In the golden autumn season, the hibiscus blossoms, and the green city Nanning welcomes the grand event. The four-day 18th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ASEAN Expo) were held in Nanning, Guangxi. International people have expressed their hope that the China-ASEAN Expo will bring development opportunities to regional economic and trade cooperation, boost confidence and promote regional economic recovery.
Friends of ASEAN “Against Expectations”
At the China-ASEAN Expo, trade matchmaking, investment promotion, and industry exchange activities continued one after another. In the exhibition hall, the booths of enterprises from various countries were lined up, with a wide range of exhibited products: Malaysian bird’s nest, Vietnamese mahogany furniture, Thai citronella…Cambodia-Cambodia-China Relations Development Association President Shemonil said that the China-ASEAN Expo will provide for economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN. Important platform.
The Acting President of the Malaysian Chinese Chamber of Commerce Wu Yiping said that the Chamber of Commerce organizes delegations to participate in the conference every year, hoping to help companies expand cooperation through the CAEXPO platform. He said that in the future, China and ASEAN will share opportunities, explore business opportunities together, and help the regional economy to stabilize and recover.
Yan Jialong, China Regional Manager of Fireboat Coffee Indonesia, said that all exhibiting companies hope to seize the opportunity of cooperation between China and ASEAN, find business partners, and further develop the Chinese market.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN. Over the past 30 years, bilateral economic and trade relations have been continuously upgraded and cooperation areas have been continuously expanded. ASEAN Secretary-General Lin Yuhui said that ASEAN and China have made remarkable progress in economic and trade cooperation, and the holding of the China-ASEAN Expo will help continue to promote dialogue between the two sides, strengthen cooperation, and maintain regional economic vitality and resilience.
Visitors from the Silk Road “Witness Together”
The “Belt and Road” international exhibition hall was opened in this year’s CAEXPO, bringing together 120 companies from 30 countries including Pakistan, Japan, France, Sri Lanka, etc., showing that CAEXPO not only closely follows the development process of China-ASEAN relations, but is also committed to advancing The “Belt and Road” initiative is aligned with the ASEAN economic development strategy.
Marsan, a wine distributor from France, said that the holding of large-scale exhibitions in China will help multinational companies to explore the Chinese market. With the aid of the CAEXPO platform, multinational companies can introduce specialty products to Chinese consumers and promote multi-party trade cooperation.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Hake expressed his hope that the China-ASEAN Expo will bring more opportunities to Pakistan in the future.
Muzaffar, a Pakistani businessman who runs a handicraft business, couldn’t hide his joy and shared his “business experience” in China with reporters. He said that China’s economy is resilient and has a vast market, which is conducive to multinational enterprises’ economic and trade cooperation. “Do business with Chinese people, peace of mind!”
Experts and scholars “like it”
Facing the challenge of the epidemic, this year’s China-ASEAN Expo has overcome numerous difficulties and successfully held it, continuing to build a grand stage for China and ASEAN to go hand in hand and seek common development, demonstrating the broad prospects and infinite power of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
Joseph Matthews, a professor at Berthé International University in Cambodia, said that the hosting of the China-ASEAN Expo shows that ASEAN and China have fulfilled their firm commitment to jointly support the multilateral trading system. It will promote the accelerated development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation and look forward to the continued growth of bilateral trade and investment. .
Singapore current political commentator Weng Desheng said that the China-ASEAN Expo has always been an important window for cooperation between China and ASEAN, demonstrating the potential for cooperation between the two sides in the economic and trade field. This exhibition will promote the cooperation between the two sides to a higher level.
Qin Ma Mamiao, a professor at the School of International Relations, Yangon University, Myanmar, pointed out that ASEAN and China have close cooperation and bilateral trade and investment are huge. In the future, bilateral trade will be more active and new investment in many fields will be further expanded.
Cai Weicai, senior vice president of Thai Bank of Thailand, said that ASEAN and China are full of development potential, and the close cooperation between the two parties will promote the stable development of the world economy. (Reporters involved: Zhao Manjun, Xin Rui, Pan Qiang, Huang Yaoteng, Hu Jiali, Lin Hao, Wang Dawei, Mao Pengfei, Cai Shuya, Zhang Dongqiang, Song Yu)