1. The Expo is a high-end platform for gathering consensus and docking development strategies

Leaders and ministerial-level dignitaries of China and ASEAN countries attended each Expo. The exhibition closely follows the development process of the strategic partnership between the two sides, focuses on the hot spots of cooperation, arranges high-level friendly exchange activities such as leaders' speeches at the opening conference, leaders' meetings, ministerial-level consultations, theme country activities, political and business dialogues, and promotes policy communication, enhances strategic mutual trust, and serves the construction of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future through a variety of activities such as "Charming City", economic and trade cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges.

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

Focusing on the construction process of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and the economic development level, resource endowment, industrial structure and industry characteristics of China and ASEAN countries, the Expo will set up exhibition content, highly concentrate the information on enterprises, commodities, projects and funds of various countries, and promote the investment and trade facilitation of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area from the government level to the enterprise level, so that enterprises can directly enjoy various facilitation measures such as tax reduction and customs clearance facilitation, and in international production capacity cooperation, cross-border park construction, cross-border financial innovation, Cross-border e-commerce and other aspects continue to gain business opportunities, and a large number of major projects such as the "Two Countries, Two Parks" between China and Malaysia have been reached, which has pragmatically promoted the construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area.

3. The Expo is an important traction for promoting multi-field cooperation and deepening all-round and in-depth exchanges

According to the needs of the construction of the "Belt and Road", the Expo will hold a series of conferences and forums, covering more than 40 fields such as customs, inspection and quarantine, finance, ports, logistics, culture, science and technology, education, etc., realizing ministerial-level consultations and dialogue and communication between government officials, entrepreneurs, experts and scholars, and celebrities from all walks of life, establishing a multi-field cooperation mechanism, and driving the China-ASEAN Information Port, China-ASEAN Port City Cooperation Network, China-ASEAN Technology Transfer Center, China-ASEAN Entrepreneurs Federation, China- Major projects such as the ASEAN Youth Friendship Association and the China-ASEAN Education and Training Center have been implemented, which have become the "Nanning Channel" with strong authority and high recognition for China-ASEAN cooperation in various fields.

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

The Expo is based on China-ASEAN cooperation and open to the world. Since 2014, the Expo has set up a special partner mechanism, inviting countries outside the region to serve as special partners every year, and holding special economic and trade exchange activities, and the Expo has expanded from serving "10+1" to serving along the "Belt and Road". The Expo strengthens cooperation with the World Trade Organization, and the World Trade Organization and the United Nations International Trade Center have 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, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization attended the previous Expos. The Expo attracts more and more enterprises from outside the region to participate in the exhibition, promotes the participation of China and ASEAN as a whole in international economic cooperation, and enhances its influence in the world.