Looking forward to the next 30 years of win-win prosperity-ASEAN people look forward to China-ASEAN economic and trade relations reaching new heights

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 24

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　As friendly neighbors dependent on mountains and rivers, China and ASEAN walk side by side, embarking on a bright road of good-neighborly friendship and win-win cooperation, becoming a model of regional cooperation and development, and contributing to the stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and the world.

　　This year coincides with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN.

At the 30th Anniversary Summit of the China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations held by video on the 22nd, China and ASEAN formally announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership.

The ASEAN personages said that over the past 30 years, China-ASEAN cooperation has been vigorously, and the relationship between the two sides has been continuously improved and deepened. They look forward to working together in the future to boost economic and trade relations to the next level.

　　Tang Zhimin, director of the China-ASEAN Studies Center of the Thai Chia University School of Management, said that standing at the historical node of the "Thirty Years", China and ASEAN have made considerable progress in economic and trade fields.

The two sides are advancing the "One Belt One Road" initiative and the "ASEAN Connectivity Master Plan 2025" docking, to jointly respond to challenges and promote the recovery and growth of the world economy.

　　Qinma Mamiao, a professor at the School of International Relations at Yangon University, Myanmar, told reporters that the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and ASEAN is a new milestone in the history of bilateral relations. It will further promote the building of the ASEAN community and help ASEAN countries achieve their development goals.

　　China and ASEAN are good neighbors, good friends and good partners.

Over the past 30 years, the scale of trade between China and ASEAN has increased 85 times, achieving a historic breakthrough in becoming each other's largest trading partners.

The Philippine companies that entered China in the early 1990s, Shanghaojia, are participants and witnesses of the continuous expansion of economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN.

From the first factory in Shanghai to 14 factories across the country, Shanghaojia's business expansion is accompanied by the opening up and development of China's economy.

Today, China has become Shanghaojia's largest market, accounting for nearly 40% of its business volume.

Shi Xueli, head of Shanghaojia China, said that China's initiative to expand opening up brings opportunities for regional prosperity.

　　Ye Min Aung, vice chairman of the Myanmar Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of the Myanmar Rice Association, said that China has expressed its efforts to import 150 billion U.S. dollars of agricultural products from ASEAN in the next five years, and the Myanmar agricultural community is very excited and encouraged.

He looks forward to more trade and investment cooperation with Chinese partners in the future to accelerate Myanmar's economic recovery after the epidemic.

　　Banbang Suryono, Chairman of the Indonesia-ASEAN Nanyang Foundation, commented that the high-level economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN has enhanced bilateral trade, optimized regional industrial allocation, and achieved deep industrial integration.

The mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between China and ASEAN has become a model of cooperation among developing countries.

　　Over the past 30 years, China and ASEAN have joined hands to promote regional economic integration, and achieved fruitful results such as the completion of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).

　　Joseph Matthews, a professor at Berthé International University in Cambodia, said that in the future, both parties can take RCEP's entry into force as an opportunity to promote economic connectivity, improve regional competitiveness, and bring more benefits to the people in the region.

At the same time, the “Belt and Road” initiative will become an important force in promoting regional connectivity.

　　The Acting President of the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce Lu Guoxiang said that the relationship between China and ASEAN is developing at a comprehensive and rapid speed, which is a huge historical opportunity for all parties in the region.

The industrial advantages of the two parties complement each other, and there is huge potential for future cooperation in the fields of digital economy, artificial intelligence and clean energy.

"I believe that in the next 30 years, China and ASEAN will achieve even more brilliant achievements." (Notewriter: Wang Jiawei; Participating reporters: Yu Qianliang, Zheng Shibo, Song Yu, Mao Pengfei, Che Hongliang, Zhang Dongqiang, Zhu Wei, Wang Dawei, Liu Kai , Yan Jie)