(Focus on CAEXPO) CAEXPO helps more and more Chinese consumers realize "ASEAN fruit freedom"

　　China News Agency, Nanning, September 17 (Reporter Lin Hao) "The China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) has been held for 19 years, constantly refreshing the tastes of 'foodies', and more and more Chinese consumers have realized 'ASEAN'. Fruit is free'." Su Jian, deputy director of the Commerce Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said on the 17th.

　　Durian, jackfruit, dragon fruit and other ASEAN fruits are not only "star exhibits" at the annual China-ASEAN Expo, but also important categories in China-ASEAN agricultural trade.

On the same day, during the 19th CAEXPO, the "ASEAN Fruit Festival" was held for the first time to promote the new integration of China and ASEAN in the consumption field.

　　Su Jian said at the launching ceremony of the event that since it was first held, the CAEXPO has provided a platform for exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN fruit traders, created a two-way "sweet" through train between China and ASEAN, and became the "introduction of ASEAN fruit". Active promoters of "come" and "going out" of Chinese fruits.

　　Su Jian introduced that this "ASEAN Fruit Festival" event carefully selected a batch of ASEAN imported fruits for display and sales, aiming to further enhance the popularity of Guangxi imported ASEAN fruits, enhance Chinese consumers' attention to ASEAN fruits, and promote word-of-mouth communication. , to accumulate potential customers for Guangxi ASEAN fruit deep processing and sales enterprises.

　　Chongzuo City, located in the southwest of Guangxi, is an important hub for Southeast Asian tropical fruits to enter the Chinese market. The city's total fruit imports account for more than half of China's total fruit imports.

　　Zhang Hai, deputy mayor of Chongzuo City, said that this event will showcase various ASEAN fruits in an all-round way, and present a feast of ASEAN fruit tasting. Make Chongzuo's imported fruit industry bigger and stronger to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

　　With the implementation of RCEP, Vietnamese passion fruit and durian have been included in China's import commodity list since the beginning of this year. Zhang Hai believes that there will be more countries and more kinds of ASEAN fruits in the future, which will be passed through in a more convenient and efficient way. The border crossing in Chongzuo City entered the Chinese market.

　　After preliminary communication and on-site negotiation, a total of 6 pairs of enterprises signed a cooperation intention agreement in this event, and the transaction amount was about 120 million yuan.

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