[Explanation] On May 21, the 4th ASEAN Development Conference and the "ASEAN Development Report (2021)" conference jointly hosted by Guangxi University for Nationalities, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences and China Association for Southeast Asian Studies was held in Nanning, Guangxi.

　　[Commentary] Do Nam Thong, Consul General of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Nanning, said that the implementation of RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) has ushered in a more positive era of economic and trade exchanges between ASEAN and China, and the economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and China is increasingly Close, the cooperation space has great potential.

　　[Concurrent] Do Nanzhong, Consul General of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Nanning

　　In the first four months of this year, the total import and export volume of Vietnam and China has reached 55.99 billion US dollars, an increase of 11.39%.

In terms of investment, China ranks third in 2021 with a total investment capital of US$3.9 billion.

With the deepening of Vietnam's reform and opening up, the economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and China has become increasingly close, and the potential for cooperation is huge.

Guangxi has always had a strategically important position in the all-round cooperation between Vietnam and China.

　　[Explanation] With the official implementation of RCEP at the beginning of this year, the economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN have become closer.

According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of China, in the first quarter of this year, China's import and export volume to ASEAN reached 1.35 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year, accounting for 14.4% of China's total foreign trade value.

ASEAN has once again become China's largest trading partner.

Among them, the scale of imports and exports between China and ASEAN accounted for 47.2% of the scale of foreign trade with RCEP trading partners, accounting for nearly half.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Jiashou, Dean of the "Belt and Road" Research Institute of the Party School of the Guangxi District Committee of the Communist Party of China

　　After the RCEP comes into effect, (China-ASEAN) will usher in a very good prospect in terms of economic and trade cooperation.

Although the economic development expectations have been lowered compared with last year due to the impact of the epidemic, the overall prospect of China-ASEAN cooperation is more promising than last year, that is, the development prospect in 2021.

Because China is building a large national unified market, ASEAN, through China's large market, can effectively stimulate the growth of the ASEAN region, and at the same time, it can also promote the economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN, including the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain. Promote.

Therefore, it is expected that the development of China-ASEAN in 2022 will be generally positive, and (RCEP) will become an important engine of regional growth.

　　[Explanation] How to improve the quality and efficiency of China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation under the RCEP framework?

Lei Xiaohua, deputy director of the Institute of Southeast Asia, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences, believes that China-ASEAN international capacity cooperation can be further deepened, a new model of China-ASEAN "multi-country and multi-park" cooperation can be explored, a demonstration zone for high-quality development of international capacity cooperation can be created, and the digital economy can be strengthened. , new energy vehicles, 5G, artificial intelligence and other emerging strategic industries, and jointly build a demonstration park for economic and trade innovation and development.

　　[Concurrent] Lei Xiaohua, Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences

　　China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation (in the first quarter) has returned to the first place again. This reflects a problem that China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation has strong resilience. Although the international environment has changed due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, China-ASEAN cooperation has a strong stamina. , strong tenacity, great potential.

We have RCEP taking effect. Another is that we are participating in the negotiation, which is the 3.0 version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. That is to say, in the economic and trade field, some rules and standards may be used to help To promote a facilitation of trade and investment, this is to boost the total amount of economic and trade cooperation and boost the future development of the entire economic and trade cooperation.

　　Reported by Wang Yizhao, Huang Yanmei, Zhu Ruixuan, Nanning, Guangxi

Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]