2026 China (Guangxi)-ASEAN Business Cooperation and Exchange Conference was held in Nanning

China News Service, Nanning, September 16 (Huang Lingyan) The 2026 China (Guangxi)-ASEAN Business Cooperation and Exchange Conference was held in Nanning on the 16th. Guangxi Beibu Gulf Bank signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Guangxi Chamber of Commerce in ASEAN countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia to cooperate in areas such as digital industry and cross-border finance. Eight municipal councils for the promotion of trade and investment, including Nanning, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang and Beihai, signed the "Economic and Trade Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement for Trade Promotion Agencies in Core Cities of the Pinglu Canal Economic Belt". At the same time, multiple investment cooperation and trade procurement projects were signed, with the contract amount exceeding 700 million yuan.

As an important economic and trade supporting event under the framework of the 23rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, this exchange meeting will give full play to the advantages of the summit platform and focus on "deepening ASEAN industrial and commercial cooperation." With the theme of "Sharing New Development Opportunities 3.0", it accurately connects the policy dividends brought by version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, builds a direct communication bridge for enterprises, further deepens the pragmatic cooperation between China and ASEAN business communities in international trade and industrial investment, promotes the coordinated development of cross-border and cross-regional industrial chains and supply chains, and helps build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.

Yang Yanyan, President of the Guangxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, said in his speech that as the navigation of the Pinglu Canal and the construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 continue to advance, he is willing to link up with national trade promotion agencies and join hands with the ASEAN business community , using the canal as a link to deepen economic, trade and investment exchanges, deeply explore the cooperation potential in areas such as computing power sharing, standard docking, technology interoperability, and scenario co-construction, build platforms and channels for the national business community to explore the ASEAN market, and continue to amplify the aggregation effect of "Guangxi Integration".

At the exchange meeting, the award ceremony of the 2026 China (Guangxi)-ASEAN College Student Digital Economy Artificial Intelligence Application Innovation Invitational Competition was held. The competition will be launched in Malaysia in April 2026. It is committed to building a China-ASEAN university innovative talent collaboration platform and inspiring young students to carry out in-depth practice and cooperation in digital economy and artificial intelligence. The winners come from Malaysia, Thailand and other places, and the award-winning projects cover many cutting-edge fields such as smart agriculture, new energy, cross-border trade, AI+ e-commerce, AI+ cultural communication, AI+ supply chain management, etc.