ACC Organized Promotion Trip for ASEAN Commercial Centre

From 17 to 23 April 2016, ACC organized a promotion trip for the ASEAN Commercial Centre which is going to be established in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC) to Thailand, Viet Nam and Indonesia. The delegation comprised officials from ACC and the Management Committee of SSTEC, as well as Chinese entrepreneurs. 

The delegation paid courtesy calls on Economic and Commercial Counsellors of the Chinese Embassies in respective countries. During the trip, it had meetings with influential local business associations such as Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Viet Nam Association of Food Science and Technology and Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneurs Organization. Mr. Peng Zhengyang, Director of Law and Regulations Division of the Management Committee of SSTEC, introduced the commercial environment of SSTEC and the beneficial policies that the ASEAN enterprises could enjoy if they would invest in the ASEAN Commercial Centre. The Chinese entrepreneurs briefed on the business plan of the ASEAN Commercial Centre and welcomed the interested ASEAN enterprises to have further inquiries and interactions with them. 

The business associations thanked ACC for organizing the promotion trip to ASEAN countries. They remarked that ASEAN products are good in quality and fair in price. The products with ASEAN features were more and more popular in China in recent years. The establishment of the ASEAN Commercial Centre would be mutually beneficial to both ASEAN countries and China, since it would help showcase ASEAN products and culture in the northern part of China and promote ASEAN-China trade relations. Some ASEAN enterprises showed great interests to open shops in the ASEAN Commercial Centre, and had active interactions with the delegation. 

On 14 January 2016, ACC and the Management Committee of SSTEC reached a consensus on co-establishing the ASEAN Commercial Centre in SSTEC to provide a one-stop platform for Chinese customers to taste ASEAN cuisine, experience ASEAN culture and buy ASEAN products.