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China, ASEAN economic cooperation achieves fruitful results: official

Economic and trade cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has achieved fruitful results over the past decade or so, officials with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday (Sep. 11).

Officials from the ministry, speaking at a press conference, said that trade between China and ASEAN had grown at an average annual rate of 7.5 percent since 2013.

China has remained ASEAN's largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years, while ASEAN has remained China's largest trading partner for four consecutive years with the cumulative two-way investment between China and ASEAN countries exceeding 400 billion U.S. dollars by July this year, according to officials.

The officials also said that the 21st China-ASEAN Expo will be held in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from Sept. 24 to 28. The 21st China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit will also be held in Nanning during the period.

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