China is and five continents 31 countries and regions construction 14 free trade
China-asean free trade on Friday (i.e. upcoming 2010 January 1) comprehensive startup. At present, China is working with the five continents thirty-one countries and regions building ten four free trade, sign the fta eight, including seven, have been implemented in China covering the 2008 quarter total foreign trade volume.
China's ministry of commerce minister Chen deming, said recent special in trade protectionism intensifies, multilateral negotiation process difficult situation, speed up the construction of free. More prominently urgency Chen deming, stressed that active layout since trade networks, promote global existing free trade negotiation process, accelerate so on.by feasibility study, free to create the conditions for timely start negotiations.
As China's earliest established the china-asean free trade area, China's foreign cooperation relation in no doubt of establishing a free trade demonstrate and plays an important milestone meaning.
China-asean business council deputy secretary-general pointed out that China XuNingNing asean leaders, is China's participation in regional trade arrangements in foreign construction in the first free trade, out of the first and most important step. For nearly a decade, with free trade construction, China and asean economic and trade cooperation, promote the rapid development between the two political, social and cultural fields of cooperation, promote the east Asian economic integration.
China's commerce ministry of international trade and economic cooperation HuoJianGuo recent academy, also points out, free trade, trade in goods to the full implementation of the related after about 7,000 tax number products will all implement zero tariff, China and asean trade accounts for about nine into, relevant service trade agreement and investment agreements also will commence in succession. He says this is China regional trade cooperation of a great event for China and asean will significant influence on economic development.
HuoJianGuo also said China - asean free trade has broad prospects for development. China and asean have many common history cultural background, the ethnic differences is lesser, common language in the current world economy more competitive pattern of emerging economies, are urgently belonging to the requirements of the development, growth potential ability is enormous. In the current situation, strengthen regional cooperation and promote regional economic integration is the common needs, accord with current regional trade development trends.
