(Jakarta) Mr. Zeng Zhong, Deputy Secretary-General of the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, including Huang Ge, Minister of External Relations, Xiao Wei, Assistant Minister of Comprehensive Coordination, Nong Meizhen, and Director of the Department of External Relations, Guo Wei On November 22nd (Thursday) at 11:00 am, he visited Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association, and was attended by Executive Vice President and Executive Chairman Zhang Jinxiong, Vice President Xie Yinglong, Secretary General Zhou Weiliang, Senior Consultant Yang Bingshu, Chen Shedong, Liu Xinhua, Chen Yijing, Lin Song Shi, Weng Hualing and so on are warmly welcomed.
Zhang Jinxiong said that as the only G20 country in ASEAN and the emerging economies in the world, Indonesia's GDP has maintained a growth rate of more than 5% for ten consecutive years. According to the trade report released by the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics on November 15, 2018 From January to October, Indonesia’s foreign trade totaled 30.72 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 15.8%. From January to September 2018, Indonesia-China non-oil and gas products trade reached US$57.31 billion, up 27.6% year-on-year, of which exports were US$20.59 billion, up 22.2% year-on-year, and imports were US$36.62 billion, up year-on-year. 30.9%, China has been Indonesia's largest trading partner for seven consecutive years.
He said that the annual China-ASEAN Expo is a platform for economic, trade and cultural exchanges between China and ASEAN countries. Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and the China-ASEAN Expo have always maintained good communication and cooperation. They have organized delegations to participate in the ASEAN Expo and have received many leaders and groups from China. Today, Deputy Secretary-General Zeng Zhong and his entourage are very happy. I hope that each other can continue to strengthen communication, deepen cooperation, and promote mutual complementarity in resources, technology and management experience to achieve a mutually beneficial and win-win situation. We will work together to promote a sound economy in the two countries and the ASEAN region, and work hard to realize our "Indonesian Dream," "Chinese Dream," and even the "ASEAN Dream."
Zeng Zhong pointed out that this trip to Jakarta is mainly to communicate with the leaders of Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association to build a public platform to promote good cooperation in trade and investment. And hope that through this visit, everyone can provide constructive opinions for the further development of the Expo.
He said that the 16th China-ASEAN Expo in 2019 is the theme country, and the exhibition area of the Indonesian Pavilion has also increased year by year. In July 2019, the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat will hold a professional exhibition in Jakarta to lead Chinese professional companies. I can get the help and support of Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and I sincerely invite you to attend the 16th Expo in Nanning next September.
