The 21st China ASEAN Expo and China ASEAN Business and Investment Summit will be held in Nanning, Guangxi from September 24th to 28th. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on September 11th to introduce the relevant situation. On September 11th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference in Beijing. Vice Minister of Commerce Li Fei, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Tan Pichuang, Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Zhang Shaogang, and Director of the Asia Department of the Ministry of Commerce Wang Liping introduced the situation of China ASEAN economic and trade cooperation, as well as the 21st China ASEAN Expo and China ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, and answered questions from reporters. Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liangkuai took a photo of the "Golden Decade" and "Diamond Decade", ushering in a new stage of "crown set with diamonds". The 21st East Asian Expo and Summit is themed "Sincerity, Harmony, Benefit, and Development Together, Crown set with Diamonds Creating the Future". The 21st East China International Fair will carry on the past and open up the future, further enhance the quality and efficiency of the exhibition, gather more consensus, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and further promote the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides to a new level Vice Minister of Commerce Li Fei said. After 20 years of development, the East Expo has witnessed the continuous improvement of economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN countries, as well as the enhancement of practical cooperation in various fields. Li Fei introduced that China has remained the largest trading partner of ASEAN for 15 consecutive years, and ASEAN has been China's largest trading partner for 4 consecutive years. As of July this year, the cumulative two-way investment between China and ASEAN countries has exceeded 400 billion US dollars. Currently, China and ASEAN are implementing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with high quality, the China ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 negotiations are accelerating, and the combination of free trade arrangements such as China Cambodia and China Singapore is empowering, creating new opportunities for regional development. It is reported that Malaysia is the theme country for this year's East Expo and summit, with an exhibition scale of nearly 200000 square meters and over 3000 participating companies. Many "first-time" and "new" activities are worth looking forward to. Li Fei stated that this year's East Expo has added strategic emerging topics, focusing on showcasing the latest developments and technological levels in emerging fields such as digital technology, green low-carbon, new energy, and intelligent connected vehicles; Establish a new ASEAN high-tech product exhibition area to showcase high-tech achievements from countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand; Inviting Gulf countries to participate in the exhibition for the first time, with the United Arab Emirates as the invited partner; Further optimize the cloud based East Expo, extending its service functions from the conference period to the whole year. Tan Pichuang, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, introduced that this year's East Expo held its first exhibition selection activity, empowering high-quality exhibits with the East Expo brand to explore the market; The first launch of the China ASEAN Youth Leaders Growth Program and the "Future Project" of youth exchange and mutual learning; Inviting more countries from outside the region to participate in the exhibition, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization participated for the first time, and held the first Australian enterprise Guangxi tour, overseas Chinese businessmen and leaders Guangxi tour, etc. In addition, the duration of this year's East Expo will be extended from 4 days to 5 days, adding one more public open day compared to the previous edition. Li Fei said that standing at a new starting point and facing the future, he is willing to work with all ASEAN parties to further leverage the role of the China ASEAN Expo platform, and make more new contributions to accelerating the construction of a closer China ASEAN community with a shared future and promoting regional economic integration. (New Society)