China News Service, Haikou, December 11 (Reporter Wang Ziqian) "Hainan Free Trade Port is a strategic hub and meeting point for comprehensive cooperation between China and ASEAN. It will play a role in promoting higher-level and larger-scale cooperation and exchanges between China and ASEAN. Special role." Chi Fulin, Dean of China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute and Dean of Free Trade Port Research Institute with Chinese Characteristics, issued an initiative on the 11th to establish the Hainan Free Trade Port and ASEAN Think Tank Alliance (referred to as the Think Tank Alliance) to build exchanges and Cooperation Platform.

　　The China-ASEAN high-level think tank forum was held in Haikou that day. Chi Fulin said in his keynote speech that the current China-ASEAN relationship has entered a new stage of comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Hainan Free Trade Port, which aims to build an important open gateway, has geographical advantages and high-level opening policy advantages.

The construction of think tank alliances will play an important role in promoting comprehensive cooperation between China and ASEAN, Hainan Free Trade Port and ASEAN economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges.

　　On the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the dialogue relationship between China and ASEAN, the two sides formally announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Chi Fulin said that China-ASEAN cooperation and exchanges have entered a new stage, and the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides has greater potential. They will also play a greater role in promoting regional economic integration in Asia, reforms in global economic governance, and safeguarding the multilateral trading system.

　　Hainan and ASEAN countries are close to each other in terms of geography and humanities. They not only have the advantages of facing the forefront of ASEAN, being located in the center of RCEP and backing on the super-large Chinese market, but also have the advantages of comprehensively deepening reforms and experimenting with the highest level of open policies.

　　Chi Fulin analyzed that the Hainan Free Trade Port has the conditions to become an important connection point between China and the ASEAN market, attracting high-level domestic enterprises to establish ASEAN-oriented headquarters bases in Hainan, and assisting ASEAN enterprises in exploring China's domestic large market; conditions are suitable to become China and ASEAN The large channel for the two-way flow of commodities and factors will enhance the promotion and service function of the development of the China-ASEAN cross-border supply chain, as well as the service function of the industrial chain, value chain, and innovation chain; and become a regional international cultural exchange center between China and ASEAN , Carry out all-round cultural exchange activities with ASEAN countries.

　　"Accelerating the process of humanities exchanges led by think tank cooperation, it is urgent to form an open and institutionalized academic exchange and cooperation mechanism with the participation of think tanks inside and outside the region." Chi Fulin called for the think tank alliance to promote the complementary advantages of think tanks in the region. , To build an international cooperative research network, eliminate knowledge and information barriers, and effectively improve their own international influence and intellectual support capabilities in exchanges and mutual learning.

　　Under the impact of the epidemic, promoting economic recovery and growth is still a major issue facing China and ASEAN.

Chi Fulin said that the think tank alliance is capable of providing intellectual support for the actual needs of promoting China-ASEAN industrial docking and market integration, as well as the integration of China-ASEAN service trade.

　　He suggested that all think tanks should focus on cooperative seminars, organize institutionalized think tank forums, cooperate to establish RCEP capacity building centers, conduct collaborative research on major topics, cooperate to promote mutual visits, lectures, and deepen think tank exchanges, and promote Hainan free trade. The Hong Kong-ASEAN Think Tank Alliance will land as soon as possible.

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