China - asean expo (hereinafter referred to as the east expo) is the economic and trade departments of China and the 10 asean countries governments and hosted the asean secretariat, guangxi to undertake international economic and trade event, has successfully held the 16th, promote and witnessed the china-asean strategic partnership is unceasingly rich, the level of economic and trade cooperation rapid ascension, the humanities non-governmental exchanges increasingly close,It has played an important role in serving the "One Belt And One Road" construction.

In April 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke highly of the Expo as "a bright name card for Guangxi and an important open platform for China and ASEAN" during his inspection visit to Guangxi.In February 2014, the State designated the East China Fair as one of the first class exhibitions of the three countries, "with special international influence" and "a key foreign-related forum and exhibition held at the national level".

I. East Expo is a high-end platform for gathering consensus and docking development strategies

Leaders and ministerial dignitaries from China and ASEAN countries attend each East Expo.Exhibition closely the bilateral strategic partnership development process, focusing on cooperation, arrange the leaders of congress opening address, leaders meeting, ministerial consultations, theme activities, having conversations, such as high-level friendly exchange activities, also by "charm city", economic and trade cooperation, cultural exchanges, and other rich and colorful activities, promote the communication on the policy, enhance strategic mutual trust,It has served the building of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future.

II. East Expo is an effective platform to serve the construction of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and implement trade and investment facilitation

East expo around China - asean free trade area construction process and the economic development of China and asean countries, resources endowment, industrial structure, industry characteristics set exhibition content, highly centralized national enterprises, products, projects, capital and other information, will China - asean free trade area of investment and trade facilitation from the government level to promote to the enterprise level,Let enterprise directly to enjoy lower taxes, customs clearance facilitation facilitation measures, the construction and production capacity in the international cooperation, cross-border, cross-border financial innovation, cross-border electronic commerce, etc, gaining opportunities, reached a horse "double garden" between the two countries in a large number of major projects, such as pragmatic promoted the construction of the china-asean free trade area.

Third, the Expo is an important draw for promoting multi-field cooperation and deepening all-dimensional and in-depth exchanges

East fair according to the "area" BBS construction need to hold a series of meetings, customs, inspection and quarantine, financial, port, logistics, culture, science and technology, education and other fields, more than 40 achieved ministerial consultations and government officials, entrepreneurs, experts and scholars, celebrities from all walks of life, the dialogue between communication, build more cooperation in the field of mechanism,Led the china-asean information port, the port city of China - asean cooperation network, china-asean technology transfer center, China - asean association of entrepreneurs, the china-asean youth association, China - asean education training center and other major projects fall to the ground, become more than the china-asean cooperation in the field of the authority of the strong, high recognition of the "nanning channels".

Fourth, the Expo is an important link for China and ASEAN to strengthen cooperation with economies outside the region and integrate into the global value chain

based on China-ASEAN cooperation, the East Expo is open to the world.Since 2014, the East Expo has set up a specially invited partner mechanism, inviting countries outside the region as specially invited partners to hold special economic and trade exchange activities each year, expanding from serving "10+1" to serving "One Belt And One Road".The Expo will strengthen cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the United Nations International Trade Center (UNITC) has become the supporting units of the Expo.Heads of international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) attended the previous East Expo.The expo has attracted more and more enterprises from outside the region to participate in the exhibition, which has promoted China and ASEAN as a whole to participate in international economic cooperation and enhanced their influence in the world.