On September 17, the 21st China-ASEAN (10+1) Economic and Trade Ministers Meeting, the 25th ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea (10+3) Economic and Trade Ministers Meeting and the 10th East Asia Summit (10+8) Economic and Trade Ministers The conference and other East Asia Cooperation Economic and Trade Ministerial Meetings were held. Li Fei, Assistant Minister of Commerce, attended the meeting via video link in Beijing.
International and regional cooperation on deepening China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation, promoting the construction of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0, high-quality implementation of the RCEP agreement, enhancing the resilience of the regional industrial chain and supply chain, promoting post-epidemic economic recovery, and maintaining the multilateral trading system. In-depth exchange of views on key economic and trade cooperation issues and consensus reached in various aspects.
The 10+1 meeting believed that China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation has achieved fruitful results under the leadership of the leaders of both sides. China and ASEAN continue to be each other's largest trading partners and have active mutual investment. The two sides agreed that in the first year of the establishment of China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership, it is necessary to further strengthen economic and trade relations, continuously expand the scale of trade and investment, strengthen cooperation in the industrial chain and supply chain, continue to deepen the construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, and promote the post-epidemic economic development of various countries. recovery. The meeting passed the "Work Plan on Further Deepening China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Cooperation", "China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement Implementation Progress Report" and "China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Further Upgrade (Version 3.0) Joint Feasibility Study Report", and jointly published "Joint Statement of China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Ministers on Cooperation in Post-epidemic Economic Recovery".
At the 10+3 meeting, all parties expressed that they will cooperate closely to combat the negative impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and give full play to the role of RCEP. They positively commented that the 10+3 industrial chain supply chain cooperation forum held in Suzhou, China in July 2022 will help strengthen regional industries It plays an important role in promoting the resilience of supply chains and promoting post-epidemic economic recovery. The meeting passed the "10+3 Economic Cooperation Work Plan" and the "Action Plan on Mitigating the Economic Impact of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic" Progress Report.
At the 10+8 meeting, all parties exchanged views on issues such as the global and regional economic situation and the implementation of the outcomes of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference.
Heads of the economic and trade departments of the ten ASEAN countries and ASEAN dialogue partners such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States, and Russia attended relevant meetings.
