Docking with RCEP, China's Frontier Provinces and Regions, Seize the Opportunity and Make a Good "First Move"

　　China News Service, Nanning, January 9 (Reporter Huang Yanmei) "The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the New Year's gift package, not only injects new impetus into free trade and global economic recovery, but also provides new opportunities for the opening and development of frontier ethnic areas. A new stage for opportunities." Wei Zhaohui, deputy secretary of the Chongzuo Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, said on the 8th that Chongzuo, a gate city in southern China, will build a cross-border industrial chain supply chain, build a China-ASEAN inland trade logistics port, and seize the official implementation of RCEP. policy dividends.

　　The China Frontier Economic Development Forum, co-hosted by University of International Business and Economics and Guangxi University, was held in Nanning, Guangxi on the same day. Officials, experts and scholars from Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Guangxi and other frontier provinces and regions in China responded to the current international and domestic situation. to discuss ways to further promote the opening-up and development of China's frontier economy.

　　"Open the door is Vietnam, and you can reach ASEAN in two steps." Chongzuo City in Guangxi borders Vietnam, with a border line of 533 kilometers. It is the most convenient land gateway from China to ASEAN and the city with the most border ports in China.

Wei Zhaohui introduced that Chongzuo City will actively explore the market of RCEP countries, focusing on expanding the coverage of cooperation with ASEAN countries and expanding the depth of the market, and focusing on improving from sporadic spontaneous to comprehensive cooperation with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

At the same time, promote the transformation and upgrading of the channel economy, and create a demonstration area for the landing and processing of products in the border-civilian mutual market.

　　"The effective implementation of RCEP will bring closer economic and trade ties between China and the ASEAN region, especially the southwestern frontier provinces bordering the ASEAN region." Lei Xiaohua, deputy director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences, said at the meeting that RCEP will give The economic development of the southwest frontier brings major opportunities, including helping to further expand the volume of trade in goods and services with ASEAN, further improving the level of investment with ASEAN, and helping to build a cross-border industrial chain and supply chain.

　　Guangxi, located at the southern tip of mainland China, is the only province in China connected to ASEAN by land and sea.

At present, Guangxi has successively issued "Several Measures for Guangxi to Accelerate the Integration of RCEP's New Economic and Trade Rules", "Guangxi's List of Potential Commodities for Trade in Goods under RCEP", and "Guangxi's List of Potential Fields for Service Trade under RCEP", etc., to carefully sort out the existing industries in Guangxi, and put forward Docking differentiated development policies in different markets such as ASEAN, Japan and South Korea.

The RCEP Enterprise Service Center has been inaugurated in Nanning, Guangxi, and will become the "outpost" for Guangxi enterprises to go to RCEP and the window for RCEP enterprises to enter China.

　　As one of China's nine frontier provinces, Jilin Province is China's main gateway for opening up to Northeast Asia and a node for the northward extension of the "Belt and Road".

As a famous old industrial base and a major agricultural province in China, Jilin has frequent trade exchanges with RCEP member countries.

The province strives to open 13 major external channels to the east, south, west and north to promote connectivity with the world.

"The effective implementation of RCEP will bring new development opportunities for Jilin Province, which will open up more space for Jilin Province's import and export and investment, and promote Jilin's foreign cooperation to reach a new breadth and depth." said Cui Yongsheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Jilin Province Economic Management Cadre College.

　　RCEP is an agreement initiated by ASEAN in 2012 and formulated by 15 members including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and 10 ASEAN countries. It will come into effect on January 1, 2022, marking the world's largest population and largest economic and trade scale. , The free trade zone with the most development potential officially set sail.

　　The 15 member countries of RCEP are all important trading partners of Yunnan Province.

Liu Jie, vice president of the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Commerce, said that after the RCEP comes into effect, it will promote mutual openness and economic development among member states in many aspects such as trade in goods, trade in services, investment, and intellectual property.

Yunnan has the geographical advantage of cooperating with ASEAN countries, and the two sides have a certain cooperation foundation. The entry into force of RCEP will further promote the cooperation between Yunnan and ASEAN.

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