China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are well poised for more intense trade and economic cooperation, which will inject growth impetus into regional and world economic recovery and bolster free trade and multilateralism, said experts and business leaders on Sunday.
Their comments came as the 18th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit attracted wide participation of businesses from not only ASEAN member countries, but also about 30 Belt and Road Initiative economies, including Poland, Russia, France and Spain.
The event, which began on Friday in Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, concludes on Monday.
“The continuously strengthening China-ASEAN economic and trade relations will further unlock the growth potential of the region to inject new impetus into the staggering world economy while upholding multilateralism and free trade,” said Tu Xinquan, dean of the China Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.Read More.
