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JINGXI, China, Sept. 27, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The 18th China-ASEAN Expo was held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

from September 10 to 13. During the expo, Jingxi City signed 5 projects with

the merchants, with a total investment of more than RMB 29.4 billion, according

to the Publicity Department of Jingxi City.

At the investment promotion conference of China-ASEAN Expo, the main leaders of

Jingxi stated that the city would strengthen support for foreign trade and

local processing enterprises, promote the construction of standard factory

buildings for commodity processing and the gradual transformation and upgrading

of mutual trade to local processing, expand the total amount of foreign trade,

and energetically develop local processing. The city would strive to create a

first-class government, legal, cultural, market and social environment to

provide quality services for entrepreneurs.

Jingxi is one of the important land passages connecting southwest China to

southeast Asia, which borders Vietnam with a 152.5km long border. It has

Longbang first-level port, Yuexu second-level port and 4 front trade markets.

In March 2020, the State Council of China approved the establishment of the

Guangxi Baise Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone, and the role of Jingxi as

a leading area of the pilot zone. In January 2021, Guangxi approved the

establishment of the Jingxi Border Economic Cooperation Zone. In recent years,

Jingxi has done a great job in border trade, poverty alleviation, tourism, and

urban construction, and has made breakthroughs in border development and

opening-up. From January to July this year, the total foreign trade volume of

Jingxi reached RMB 138.3 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 51%.

In the next few years, Jingxi will further implement the "Five Strategies" of

development and opening-up, rural revitalization, industrial city development,

holistic tourism, and urban quality improvement. The city will promote the

high-quality development of the Jingxi Leading Area of Guangxi Baise Key

Development and Opening Pilot Zone, development of the demonstration and

leading area of border stability, security, prosperity and wealth, and

construction of "two districts and one city" as the regional central city of

China-ASEAN cooperation.

Source: The Publicity Department of Jingxi City

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