STORY: How China-ASEAN synergy contributes to global economic growth
DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:03
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of China-ASEAN Expo
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAO KIM HOURN, Secretary-general of ASEAN
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHU SHENGHUI, Agent, Vietnam Trung Nguyen coffee
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI ZHUHUAN, Deputy general manager, Marketing Department of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Logistics Co., LTD

STORYLINE:

The 20th China-ASEAN Expo is being held in China's Nanning, with nearly 2,000 enterprises attending.

The participation figure marks an 18.2-percent rise from last year's expo.

Connected by both land and sea, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have enjoyed ever-growing trade ties over the years.

Official data show that the bilateral trade volume between China and ASEAN had increased from about 100 billion U.S. dollars in 2004 to more than 975 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.

China has been ASEAN's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years, while ASEAN has been China's largest trading partner for three consecutive years.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAO KIM HOURN, Secretary-general of ASEAN
"The China-ASEAN Expo has been a very important mechanism as a platform to promote actively the trade, investment, tourism, business matching, for example, between ASEAN and China for two decades. This is a major achievement in terms of the ongoing cooperation between both sides."

Over the past 20 years, the expo has been a key platform to promote and facilitate the flow of goods between China and ASEAN.

The expo has also witnessed agricultural products such as durian and coffee becoming sought-after items among Chinese consumers.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHU SHENGHUI, Agent, Vietnam Trung Nguyen coffee
"We bring our products to every China-ASEAN expo. It is a very famous expo, and is very helpful for the promotion of our brand."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI ZHUHUAN, Deputy general manager, Marketing Department of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Logistics Co., LTD
"These durians are imported from Raub of Malaysia. They were shipped via the cold chain from (Malaysia's) Kuantan Port to (China's) Qinzhou Port, and then to durian stores."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China.
(XHTV)