Guangxi Nanning Channel Connected China to ASEAN

ASEAN element is a legacy for Nanning in the process of the building of CAFTA and the staging of CAEXPO as “Nanning channel” has helped create and promote the China-ASEAN cooperation and exchange.

As the venue of CAEXPO for 11 years in a roll, Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center near the Qingxiu Hill, with the shape similar to Chinese hibiscus, Nanning’s city flower, has witnessed the development of China-ASEAN cooperation from the “golden decade” towards the “diamond decade”.

As many as 57 state leaders, 2300 ministerial officials and 454,000 visitors from China and ASEAN attended the 11 sessions of CAEXPO, showing the business opportunities of both sides. China and ASEAN have not only achieved a number of cooperation projects like the “two countries two parks” between China and Malaysia and China-Indonesia economic and trade cooperation zone, but also passed a host of consensus, joint declarations and initiatives with titles initiated with the name of Nanning. Based on the cooperation mechanisms including China-ASEAN Port Cities Cooperation Network, China-ASEAN Technology Transferring Center, China-ASEAN Entrepreneur Association, China-ASEAN Youth Association, and China-ASEAN Education and Training Center, the “Nanning channel” has taken shape, gradually turning Nanning into a regional hub and internationalized city from a remote town.