Wang Yi: China ASEAN Trade Volume Increased By Nearly 40% In The First Half Of This Year

On August 3, when attending the China ASEAN (10 + 1) foreign ministers' meeting, State Councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi said that China ASEAN trade and investment cooperation is commendable. We have overcome the impact of the epidemic, maintained a "green channel" for goods to and from, and established a "fast track" with many countries to facilitate personnel exchanges, so as to maintain the security, stability and smooth flow of the regional industrial chain. The policy dividend of the two sides' FTA upgrading protocol has been continuously released. In the first half of this year, the bilateral trade volume exceeded US $410 billion, an increase of 38.2% over the same period of last year. ASEAN continues to be China's largest trading partner, and the total amount of mutual investment between the two sides has exceeded 310 billion US dollars, which is in the leading position.