Logistics cooperation needed between China and ASEAN

As China-ASEAN bilateral trade enters a period of fast growth, integrated logistics cooperation is seen as essential to further boosting trade relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Government officials, industry experts and companies from both regions are urging both sides to improve logistics cooperation.

"With the establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area two years ago, the trade volume between the two regions has increased rapidly," Liao Xiaobo, vice-director of the development and reform commission of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, said at the China-ASEAN Logistics Cooperation Forum on Monday. "However, the key to develop bilateral trade - logistics services - have not improved accordingly."