The Initiation of China-ASEAN Expo

    At the 7 th China-ASEAN Summit on October 8, 2003, Premier Wen Jiabao of the People¡¯s Republic of China proposed that a China-ASESN Expo be held annually in Nanning, Guangxi, China from the year 2004 onwards. His initiative was welcomed by the ASEAN leaders and was written into the Chairman¡¯s Statement released after the Summit. The Chinese Premier also suggested that a China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit be held simultaneously with the China-ASEAN Expo.

    The 1st China-ASEAN Expo and the 1st China-ASEAN Business and investment Summit were successfully held in Nanning, China in November, 2004.

    The 3rd China-ASEAN Expo and the 3rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, the time is set to be Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2006 and likewise, the two events will be held in the same city of the same country.

    The Organizing Committee
Honorary Chairwoman of the Organizing Committee: Madam Wu Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

    Co-chairpersons of the Organizing Committee: Bo Xilai, Minister of Ministry of Commerce of China, and his counterparts, ministers of 10 ASEAN countries and Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat

    Vice chairmen of Organizing Committee: Lu Bing, Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, An Min, Vice Minister of Ministry of Commerce of China, and Li Jinzao, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

    Objective of CAEXPO
   
    Based on the Framework Agreement on China-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation, with the sole objectives of promoting the building of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, and striving for mutual benefits and common prosperity, the China-ASEAN Expo focuses on regional economic and trade cooperation and provides tremendous opportunities for the business communities from all over the world.

    The sponsors

    Sponsors

    Ministry of Commerce of the People¡¯s Republic of China
    Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources of Brunei Darussalam
    Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia
    Ministry of the Trade of the Republic of Indonesia
    Ministry of the Trade of the Lao People¡¯s Democratic Republic
    Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
    Ministry of Commerce of the Union of Myanmar
    Department of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Philippines
    Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Singapore
    Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand
    Ministry of Trade of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
    ASEAN Secretariat

    Associate Sponsors

    Ministry of Science & Technology of the Peoples¡¯s Repubilc of China
    China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
    Hong Kong Trade Development Council

    Organizer

    The people¡¯s Government of GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region

    CAEXPO Secretariat

    Hotline: +86-771-961236
    Address: 98 Zhuxi Avenue, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China
    Zip Code: 530021
    Website: http://www.caexpo.org
    E-mail: caexpo@caexpo.org
    Tel: +86-771-5813161,5813162,5813163
    Fax: +86-771-5813355