The organizer of the eighth China-ASEAN Expo and the eighth China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit has hailed the events as “successful” and “fruitful”, as well as an important platform to promote China-ASEAN cooperation and the development of the China-ASEAN free trade area (FTA).
South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is aiming high to accelerate the development of the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and boost its economic and trade ties with ASEAN countries.
Chinese and Thai officials vowed to facilitate trade as China and its Southeast Asian neighbors mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship.
Qinzhou is part of the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, in Guangxi and covers 10,800 square kilometers of land, with a coastline that stretches for 563 kilometers, and a population of 3.88 million.
The first China-ASEAN Expo, which was held in 2004, was an eye opener for many in the Chinese business community, and especially for Ma Zhaojian, as it encouraged him to go to Vietnam.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), two of Asia's most dynamic economies, are set to overcome differences and difficulties to forge closer ties.
Situated at the southwestern end of China's coastal area, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone mainly consists of four cities, that is, Nanning, Beihai, Qinzhou and Fandgchenggang, with a population of over 12 million.
