China-ASEAN makes the Internet a "high road" of supporting small and medium enterprises development

China, Deputy Director of Commerce International Sun Yuanjiang June 7th in Kunming to China-ASEAN Business official website operations center by science, this marks to China-ASEAN countries set up information Internet "highway," China-ASEAN SMEs with e-commerce services to promote and support the development of SMEs in the formal information-sharing platform.

According to the China-ASEAN comprehensive economic cooperation framework agreement arrangements, January 1, 2010 China-ASEAN free trade area is officially established. Most commercial tariff reduction to zero, China and ASEAN's economic and trade relations will enter a period of rapid development. However, at present, the 10 + 1 industrialists and generally feel free trade area negotiations process, national tax commitments, origin of, the lack of an authoritative, comprehensive, effective information distribution channels and business processing platform.

Early in 2008, the first "the greater Mekong sub-region (GMS) Economic Corridor Forum" period, Yunnan province, Qin guangrong "GMS Governors ' Forum", to the participating Member States and the ADB to GMS launched "GMS information superhighway phase II project" building initiative, has been the Member States responded positively to the GMS. Since then, the Yunnan province builds complete one in Chinese and English plus time zone 5 Mandarin kind of international e-commerce platform-GMS trade and investment facilitation information platform, and in 2009 June 6 in Kunming "GMS economic corridor active week" during the official online running.

As China-ASEAN free trade area of the building process to further accelerate, China and ASEAN Member States, Government and business to establish a "China-ASEAN free trade area of the portal site" has given the necessity of great concern, the ASEAN secretariat put the websites mentioned on the agenda, as economic cooperation between China and ASEAN focus on actively promoting the implementation of the project.

2009 August 14 in Thailand Bangkok China-ASEAN economic cooperation ministerial meeting of the joint ministerial statement, formally approved the "China-ASEAN free trade area of the portal site" in the establishment of China's Yunnan province. Free trade area countries agreed by representatives of China, Yunnan province, is responsible for the website of the specific contractor work and future maintenance work.

"China-ASEAN free trade area business portal official curtain marks the ASEAN free trade area information promoting real trade development represents an important step. "Web site operators charge weeks qiping Center, Commerce Portal, navigate to promote practical direction for the development of trade, eliminate the free trade area among trade information asymmetry, improve efficiency, enhance their respective trade information application and universal, to establish benefit-sharing mechanisms enable countries enterprises really from the free trade area of the benefits of development.

Yunnan province Deputy Director-General of the great Ming Lee, Yunnan as a portal for ASEAN, location advantages more important. In recent years, trade between Yunnan and ASEAN's rapid growth, trade volume in the province, and export 30%-40%, ASEAN has is the first of the Yunnan province, the largest trade partner.

"E-business in China-ASEAN free trade area trade resources can play in to the impetus given by the parties, especially small and medium-sized enterprises more on this show active interest," Mr. Lee said, "most of them while their national trade environment and informed, but on the ASEAN member countries have little information, but also a lack of information integration capabilities, this is not conducive to SME development. ”