China News Service, Nanning, September 10th (Huang Lingyan) The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo (referred to as the China-ASEAN Expo) is about to open. Wang Jicai, Secretary-General of the CAEXPO Secretariat, said in a joint interview with the media on the 10th that version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is about to be implemented, and digital trade and green trade have become the mainstream direction of regional cooperation. This China-ASEAN Expo focuses on the layout of special exhibition areas such as digital economy, green and low-carbon, artificial intelligence, future space, and technological innovation empowerment, focusing on displaying new technologies, new products, and new solutions. Through the CAEXPO platform, ASEAN companies can deeply connect with China's vast market and seize new opportunities in digital transformation and green upgrading.
The total exhibition area of this China-ASEAN Expo reached 170,000 square meters, an increase of about 6% over last year; about 3,300 companies participated in the exhibition, an increase of about 4%. The exhibition has three exhibition areas: Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center, Nan A Community, and Guilin International Convention and Exhibition Center.
High-tech products in the industry will be displayed at the CAEXPO. The launch lineup is strong, with more than 400 new products and more than 100 new technologies unveiled, including the "Tianzhu-1" satellite. The exhibit structure of the ASEAN exhibition area has accelerated its expansion into high value-added and high-tech fields. Brunei has brought AI technology companies, and the Cambodian Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Malaysian Ministry of Science and Technology have organized high-tech companies to participate in the exhibition.
For the first time this year, the China-ASEAN Expo has specially built an "AI hypermarket" to build a direct trading platform for Chinese AI products to connect with the ASEAN market. Wang Jicai said that the original intention of setting up the AI hypermarket was to echo the theme of the China-ASEAN Expo of "Sharing 3.0 Opportunities and Creating a Better Life Together." "We want to promote AI from technology display to practical application, so that ordinary audiences and domestic and foreign merchants can see, touch and use it, and truly feel the better life brought by technology. We hope that artificial intelligence will no longer be just a cutting-edge concept in laboratories and exhibition stands, but will truly enter public life and enter the ASEAN market." More than 70 companies and more than 500 AI products will be directly put on the shelves, covering 8 major categories.
This year's China-ASEAN Expo is expected to have about 33,000 buyers, an increase of about 20% from the previous one. The exhibition innovatively adopts the "AI + trade matching" business invitation model. Currently, more than 8,000 pairs have been pre-matched, and nearly 2,000 pairs are scheduled to be accurately matched on-site during the exhibition. The exhibition hall has a dedicated AI-enabled procurement docking area, fully applying the "AI Exhibition" intelligent agent, integrating intelligent matching, precise matching, on-site negotiation, and data visualization.
The China-ASEAN Expo plans to hold about 50 economic and trade activities, including the "Export to China" special event in Thailand and the China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Supply and Demand Matchmaking Conference. It will also hold a high-end dialogue on the coordinated development of RCEP and the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area for the first time. Timor-Leste made its debut as a formal member of ASEAN and a co-organizer of the China-ASEAN Expo for the first time.
The exhibition will also set up a special area for outbound tax refund services for the first time. Overseas merchants can enjoy multi-lingual policy promotion and tax refund shopping recommendation services after shopping, enabling instant refunds after purchase.
