On March 19, 2021, Wang Zhimin, vice president of CCPIT Sichuan Council, was invited to attend the symposium of "The 18th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit" and made an exchange speech. Three experts from the Development Research Center of the State Council, CCPIT Research Institute, Peking University and three provincial-level local trade promotion agencies participated in this meeting.

Vice president Wang Zhimin spoke at the symposium of "The 18th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit"

At the symposium, three experts from the Development Research Center of the State Council,CCPIT Research Institute and Peking University, through an in-depth understanding of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the "China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit", focused on the current situation and prospects of China-ASEAN economic and trade development, major national development strategies, China-ASEAN cooperation projects, etc., and provided a good advice of the upgrading and development of the "China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit" and "China-ASEAN Expo", and how the local trade promotion councils, such as Guangxi, Guangdong and Sichuan make good use of the advantageous resources at home and abroad, and take advantage of the national summit platform to develop ASEAN market and promote China-ASEAN interconnection.

Wang Zhimin, vice president of CCPIT Sichuan Council, introduced the cooperation between Sichuan and Southeast Asia in economic and trade exchanges, and put forward specific suggestions on strengthening horizontal exchanges with sister provinces and cities, establishing cooperation mechanisms, promoting the development of docking and cooperation between the western region of China and Southeast Asia, playing the role of service enterprises and cultural intermingling, and promoting China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation.