Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, Wan Jifei, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Chinese Vice-minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng attend the roundtable dialogue in Nanning.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday that China will continue to expand imports from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and further enhance the two sides' economic and trade cooperation.
Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday called for a deepened regional cooperation between China and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in the wake of global financial crisis.
Premier Wen Jiabao said China and ASEAN countries should continue taking advantage of the ASEAN-China Friendship and Exchange Year to increase exchanges and cooperation in culture, education, tourism and youth affairs.
The Eighth China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit opens in Nanning.
The 8th China-ASEAN Expo opened in Nanning in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Friday.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), two of Asia's most dynamic economies, are set to overcome differences and difficulties to forge closer ties.
The background to this development comes of course from the 11th ASEAN-China Summit in 2007, where those nations present agreed that “environment” should be added to the list of priority areas for cooperation.
Myanmar's Vice-President on Thursday tried to ease Beijing's concerns over the halting of a Chinese-invested mega dam, vowing to cooperate with China in seeking for a proper solution to the issue.
Premier Wen Jiabao met with the leaders from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member nations who will attend the 8th China-ASEAN Expo scheduled to open Friday morning.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen led a high delegation to attend the 8th China-ASEAN expo and investment and business summit in China's Nanning from October 21-26.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with the leaders from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member nations in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, who will attend the 8th China-ASEAN Expo scheduled to open Friday morning.