My comment: This area is nowadays the deeper integration area for China, although after agreements with Russia both Russia and the ASEAN can be at te same level, and hopefully the SCO group (Central Asian republics) very soon too. Without any doubt, that integration has been crucial for all sides to succeed over the recent crisis and it will help in future troubles as well. "No one would have expected such high- level cooperation 10 years ago, and nobody could anticipate the huge potential benefits the cooperation brings in the years to come."
Peace and best wishes. Xi A new era for China-ASEAN cooperation http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12315657.htm China increases preferential credit to ASEAN by $5 bln http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12316130.htm China makes six-point proposal for cooperation with ASEAN http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12315438.htm "First building an economic cooperation zone in the ASEAN nations in a bid to further expand Chinese investment in the region." "Second, to accelerate the construction of infrastructure facilities" "Third, to deepen agricultural and rural cooperation" and in particular "help ASEAN nations raise grain production to higher levels" "Fourth, to promote sustainable development, both sides should make efforts to adopt the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Strategy at the earliest possible date to expand cooperation in protection of bio- diversity, environment protection, clean production, environmental industries, new energy and renewable energy" "Fifth, to strengthen social and cultural exchanges, China is willing to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN in disease control, culture, education, tourism and combating cross-border crimes." "Sixth, to further advance regional cooperation at various levels" "The Chinese government announced in April it would set up a 10- billion-U.S. dollar "China-ASEAN Fund on Investment Cooperation" to support infrastructure development in the region. China also plans to offer a credit of 15 billion dollars to ASEAN countries and 270 million yuan (39.5 million U.S. dollars) in special aid to less-developed ASEAN countries." "The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, scheduled to be established in2010, will be another milestone in the history of bilateral relationship." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
