The second China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation meeting was held on July 3.

On July 3, the second Kunming Conference on China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation will be held in Kunming Hai Ridge Hall with the theme of "China-ASEAN Free Trade area: building Interindustry Connectivity".

The meeting was jointly organized by the Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council and the Kunming Municipal Government with the support of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. The meeting will invite the ASEAN Secretariat, ambassadors and commercial counsellors of relevant ASEAN countries to China, leaders of the Association of Commerce (Association) of China and ASEAN countries, relevant heads of government departments of China and ASEAN countries, and representatives of famous entrepreneurs to attend the meeting. At that time, 200 relevant representatives of China and ASEAN countries will jointly discuss how to establish an industry docking and cooperation mechanism to promote bilateral economic and trade cooperation and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

It is reported that this meeting will form the "Kunming consensus" of the second China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation Conference; during the meeting, the Kunming Office of the Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council and the Kunming Office of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of some ASEAN countries will also be held.

A few days ago, Mr. Xu Ningning, Deputy Secretary-General of the China-ASEAN Business Council and China's chief ASEAN business expert, said in an interview with reporters that the China-ASEAN Free Trade area was established in 2010. In October last year, Premier Wen Jiabao proposed to "establish a China-ASEAN industry docking mechanism" in his speech at the 13th China-ASEAN leaders' meeting. This meeting will actively promote the establishment of industry docking mechanism.

Xu Ningning said: we should be fully aware of the importance and urgency of enhancing bilateral industry cooperation and actively implement it as an important work to achieve the mutually beneficial and win-win goal of China-ASEAN free trade area; we should fully realize that the industry cooperation between the two sides is a systematic project, which requires active coordination among government departments, industry chambers of commerce and enterprises. We should be fully aware of the long-term nature of the industry cooperation and adjustment of the industrial structure between the two sides, and should formulate a near-medium-and long-term plan for industry cooperation according to the changes of the economic situation at home and abroad and the maturity of the big market in the free trade zone. to speed up industry cooperation in a focused, step-by-step and planned manner; we should fully realize that innovation is the vitality of industry cooperation, and realize complementary and mutually beneficial cooperation through innovation. It should be fully recognized that the purpose of industry cooperation is to improve the productivity of the free trade zone and the competitiveness of the region in the international market, and to achieve common development by strengthening industry cooperation.

At the beginning of the construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade area seven or eight years ago, Xu Ningning proposed that the two sides should attach importance to industry docking work. He not only wrote articles and books for analysis, but also actively promoted it in practical work. It is reported that in the first half of this year, The Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council has successively worked with China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, China Iron and Steel Industry Association, China Automobile Industry Association, China Household Appliances Association, China Printing and dyeing Industry Association, China Fisheries Association, China Stone Association, China Petroleum and Petrochemical equipment Industry Association, 21 national trade associations, including the China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Medical and Health products, have signed a framework agreement on the establishment of a strategic partnership. Xu Ningning discussed with the president or executive vice president and the secretary-general of the chambers of commerce of these industries on jointly promoting industrial cooperation between China and ASEAN.

Xu Ningning pointed out that the guiding ideology of China-ASEAN industry cooperation is to jointly explore the ways of industry docking and cooperation between the two sides based on the principle of "complementary advantages, mutual benefit, full consultation, innovative development". Establish and improve the industry docking mechanism of the two sides, promote the construction of China-ASEAN free trade area and mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN as the goal, constantly innovate and achieve win-win results.

Xu Ningning said that the main contents of China-ASEAN industry cooperation are: first, to enhance the exchange and exchange of information in the industry, do a good job in the development and utilization of information, and realize the exchange of information. Second, timely exchanges and consultations on the new problems that have arisen after China and ASEAN opened up their markets and the new situations that have emerged in the process of industry docking between the two sides. The third is to organize industrial and commercial delegations, project inspection delegations, training delegations and people from the economic and trade circles to exchange visits to provide mutual services for holding exhibitions, negotiation fairs, project investment promotion meetings and seminars. Fourth, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of standards, strive to achieve the integration of product and service quality standards, and establish and improve the standard information communication mechanism and standard system. Fifth, according to the needs of industry talents and the needs of industry development, we should jointly carry out industry personnel training, especially strengthen the capacity-building of operators of small and medium-sized enterprises. The sixth is to formulate a China-ASEAN Free Trade area industry cooperation plan to effectively guide enterprise cooperation and improve the competitiveness of products in the free trade area in the international market. Seventh, study the development plan of China-ASEAN industry cooperation and put forward positive suggestions to the government on promoting industry development and cooperation.

With the support of the Kunming Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, in September 2010, the first China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation meeting jointly sponsored by the Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council and the Kunming Municipal Government was held in Kunming. The meeting proposed Kunming as a pilot city for China-ASEAN industry docking. Xu Ningning pointed out that Kunming plays a role in the industrial cooperation between China and ASEAN, which is conducive to promoting the industrial agglomeration and upgrading of Kunming, and promoting Kunming's opening up to the outside world and new economic development.

The grand occasion of the first China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation Conference:

Industry docking to promote win-win results the opening of the first China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation Conference

Statement by the Chairman of the Kunming meeting on China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation

Introduction to the background of the second China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation

The establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade area and the country's full implementation of the bridgehead construction have created a rare development opportunity for us. In order to seize this rare historical opportunity, promote Kunming's opening to the outside world and the development of export-oriented economy, and promote the all-round cooperation between Kunming and ASEAN, on the basis of the success of the first China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation Kunming Conference, with the support of the Ministry of Commerce of China The Kunming Municipal Government and the Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council co-hosted the second Kunming Conference on China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation at the Haigeng Hall in Yunnan on July 3. This meeting is to implement the opinions of the State Council on supporting Yunnan to speed up the construction of an important bridgehead open to the southwest, and to implement a concrete practice of the provincial party committee, provincial government, municipal party committee and municipal government to build Kunming into a bridgehead city open to the southwest in China. Also in order to promote the further development of the construction of the free trade zone, industries and enterprises will realize the expectation of the construction of the free trade zone, expand the regional cooperation between China and ASEAN, and make a concrete practice of trade and investment.

The China-ASEAN Free Trade area (CAFTA) was officially established on January 1, 2010. Kunming, which lies inland and faces the southwest, is actively building an international portal and bridgehead city open to the southwest, and strive to build a channel hub, cooperation platform, trade base and exchange window for cooperation between China and ASEAN.

In recent years, economic and trade exchanges between Kunming and ASEAN have made great progress. In 2010, imports and exports between Kunming and ASEAN reached US $2.24 billion, an increase of 51.3% over the same period last year, of which exports were US $1.38 billion, up 32.2%, and imports were US $860 million, up 96.9% over the same period last year. Among them, trade with Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei increased by more than 100%. From January to May this year, the trade volume between Kunming and ASEAN reached 1.22 billion US dollars, an increase of 61.6 percent. ASEAN occupies six seats among Kunming's top 10 trading partners. In 2010, Kunming's foreign investment audit reported six overseas investment projects, with a total agreed investment of US $72.19 million, of which US $66.19 million was invested by the Chinese side, involving rubber and other agricultural products cultivation, processing and export trade, mineral exploration and commercial centers.

The theme of this meeting is "China-ASEAN Free Trade area: building Interconnection between Industries". This meeting will invite leaders of the Association of Commerce (Association) of China and ASEAN countries, relevant heads of government departments of China and ASEAN countries, ASEAN Secretariat, ambassadors and business counsellors of relevant ASEAN countries to China, and representatives of famous entrepreneurs to attend the meeting. At that time, representatives of various industries of China and ASEAN countries will gather together to discuss the overall development of the industry and promote industry cooperation and exchanges and investment and trade. This meeting will form the "Chairman's statement of the second China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation meeting". During the meeting, the opening ceremony of the offices of the chambers of commerce and industry of some ASEAN countries in Kunming will also be held, as well as the opening ceremony of the offices of the Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council in Kunming, through the establishment of the above offices, jointly promote trade and investment development between the two sides.

In order to hold this meeting well, the municipal party committee, the municipal government, and the Chinese Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business Council attach great importance to it, organize it carefully, make careful arrangements, and actively do a good job in the preparatory work for the meeting. At present, we have invited the Director of the Department of Market Integration of the ASEAN Secretariat and officials of ASEAN embassies and consulates in China. President of Brunei National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vice Chairman of Vietnam National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vice President of Cambodian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, President of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan businessmen in Cambodia, Vice President of Singapore Manufacturers Association, Chairman of Indonesian Aquatic processing Association, President of Indonesian Coffee exporters Association, President of Thai Coffee and Tea Association, Director of Malaysia Rubber Export Promotion Committee, President of Malaysia Tea Chamber of Commerce and other overseas guests. In the meantime, heads of influential domestic trade associations such as China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medical and Health products, China Stone Association, China Iron and Steel Association, China Leather Association, China Automobile Industry Association and China Machinery Industry Federation were also invited to attend the meeting.