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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
In recent years, with the steady development of economic and trade relations between China and ASEAN, agricultural trade between China and ASEAN countries has seen favorable dynamics. ASEAN has been China’s largest trading partner in agricultural products for eight consecutive years.
While a wide range of high-quality agricultural products from ASEAN countries are becoming increasingly popular with Chinese consumers, Chinese investment and technology in agriculture have also been continuously flowing into ASEAN countries. In recent years, China and ASEAN countries have jointly carried out hundreds of agricultural cooperation and technical exchange projects, including pest prevention and control, rice yield enhancement methods and rice management. Agricultural technology demonstration bases and experimental stations for breeding promising crop varieties have been established.
For example, in Cambodia, under Chinese-Cambodian cooperation, demonstration bases for growing rubber, coconuts, peppers and other crops are being consistently created, which helps to increase the yield and efficiency of local crop production. The Chinese side holds training seminars on standardized banana production technologies, transferring experience in the industrialization of fruit cultivation. Together with Cambodia, the construction of a center for the selection of valuable tree species has been completed, which contributes to the sustainable development of forestry.
Hu Bingchuan, a research fellow at the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Agricultural Trade and Policy Research Department, noted that in recent years, in addition to trade, China and ASEAN countries have actively cooperated in agricultural technology and experience sharing, achieving significant results.
This cooperation helps ASEAN countries improve the yield and quality of agricultural products, expand the range and increase the volume of exports, which in turn promotes further growth of agricultural trade between China and ASEAN countries, improves the living standards of people and promotes agricultural modernization in the region.
Liu Amin, deputy director and research fellow of the Institute of International Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, stressed that China and ASEAN countries have strong complementarities in agricultural technology, scientific research cooperation and environmentally sustainable development.
China has been disseminating advanced hybrid rice cultivation technology to ASEAN countries such as Thailand, which has effectively improved rice yield and quality. The exchange of experiences between China and ASEAN countries in agricultural mechanization and pest control has given new impetus to the development of agriculture in these countries.
The negative list management model under RCEP further simplifies investment in agriculture and lowers the threshold for foreign investment. The successful hosting of international exhibitions such as the China International Consumer Goods Expo has created an effective platform for China-ASEAN agricultural trade networking.