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Background on CAEXPO

Level of Representation of ASEAN Countries to the 2013 CAEXPO

(as of 30 August 2013)

Country

Level of Participation

Remarks

Brunei

Minister of Industry and Primary Resources

Confirmed

Cambodia

Prime Minister

Confirmed

Indonesia

Minister of Trade

Confirmed

Laos

Prime Minister

Confirmed

Malaysia

Minister for International Trade and Industry

Confirmed

Myanmar

President

Confirmed

Singapore

Deputy Prime Minister

Confirmed

Philippines

Secretary of Trade and Industry

Confirmed

Thailand

Prime Minister

Confirmed

Vietnam

Prime Minister

Confirmed

 
 

CHINA – ASEAN EXPOSITION (CAEXPO) 2013

3 to 6 September 2013

 

CAEXPO, co-sponsored by China and ASEAN, is an international event held annually since 2004 with the objective of promoting the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA). It is considered as a good platform for cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, tourism, and deepened friendship between ASEAN and China.

 

The Initiation of China-ASEAN Expo[1]


At the 7th China-ASEAN Summit on 8 October 2003, Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China proposed that a China-ASEAN Expo be held annually in Nanning, Guangxi, China from the year 2004 onwards. His initiative was welcomed by the ASEAN leaders and was written into the Chairman's Statement released after the Summit. The Chinese Premier also suggested that a China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit be held simultaneously with the China-ASEAN Expo.


The 1st China-ASEAN Expo and the 1st China-ASEAN Business and investment Summit were successfully held in Nanning, China in November, 2004.

 

Year

Date 

Country of Honor

Government official who attended from the Country of Honor

Chinese Leader

ASEAN Officials/Leaders

2012

9th CAEXPO

(20-25 September 2012)

 Myanmar

President U Thein Sein

H.E. Xi Jinping,  Standing Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China & Chinese Vice President

1.   H.E. Thongsing Thammavong,  Prime Minister of Lao PDR

2.   H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung,  Prime Minister  of Vietnam

3.   H.E. Muhyiddin Mohamad Yassin,  Deputy Prime Minister  of Malaysia

4.   H.E. Kittiratt Na-Ranong,  Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand  and

5.   H.E. Cham Prasidh,  Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce of Cambodia

2011

8th CAEXPO

(21 October 2011)

Malaysia

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak

H.E. Wen Jiabao,  Chinese Premier

1.   H.E. Tin Aung Myint Oo, Vice President of Malaysia

2.   H.E. Somsavat,  Deputy Prime Minister of Lao PDR

3.   H.E. Kittirat Naranong, Deputy Prime Minister  of Thailand

4.   H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc,  Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam

5.   H.E. Surin Pitsuwan,  Secretary General of ASEAN Secretariat  and

6.   Ministers or officials of ASEAN countries

2010

7th CAEXPO

(20-24 October 2010)

Indonesia

Vice President Boediono

H.E. Jia Qinglin, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

 

1.   H.E. Asang LAOLY, Vice Prime Minister of Lao PDR

2.   H.E. Truong Vinh Trong, Vice Prime Minister of Vietnam

2009

6th CAEXPO

(18-23 October 2009)

 Lao PDR

Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh 

H.E. Li Keqiang, Standing Member of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council of China

1.   H.E. Prospero C. Nograles, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

2.   H.E. Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Secretary – 1 of the State Peace & Development Council of Myanmar and

3.   H.E. Nguyen Sinh Hung, First Vice Prime Minister of Viet Nam

2008

 5th CAEXPO  

(October 22-25, 2008)

 Cambodia

Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen

1.    H.E. Wang Qishan, Vice Premier of the State Council of China,

2.    Madam Gu Xiulian, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China,

3.    H.E. Li Zhaozhuo, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC),

1.   H.E. Hor Namhong, Vice Prime Minister of Cambodia

2.   H.E. Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Prime Minister of Myanmar

3.   H.E. Bounnhang VORACHITH, Vice President of Lao PDR

4.   H.E. Prospero Nograles, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

5.   H.E. Hoang Trung Hai, Vice Prime Minister of Viet Nam

6.   Her Royal Highness Hajah Masna, Princess of Brunei Darussalam

7.   H.E. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of the ASEAN

8.      H.E. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2007

 

4th CAEXPO  

(October 28 – 31, 2007)

Brunei Darussalam

Crown Prince of Brunei Al-Muhatadee Billah

H.E. Zeng Peiyan, Vice Premier of the State Council of China

1.   H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia

2.   H.E. Bouasone Buouphavanh, Prime Minister of Laos

3.   H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Viet Nam

4.   H.E. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary General of the ASEAN

5.   Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers of Commerce/Trade of China and the 10 ASEAN countries, etc.

2006

 

3rd CAEXPO  

( October 31 – November 3, 2006)

__*

___

H.E. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of China

1.   H.E. Madame Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines

2.   His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei,

3.   H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia

4.   H.E. Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia

5.   H.E. Bouasone Buouphavanh, Prime Minister of Laos

6.   H.E. Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia

7.   H.E. Lt-Gen Soe Win, the late Prime Minister of Myanmar

8.   H.E. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore

9.   H.E. Surayud Chulanont, Prime Minister of Thailand

10.H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Viet Nam

11.Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ministers of Commerce/Trade of China and the 10 ASEAN countries and Secretary General of the ASEAN, etc. 

2005

2nd CAEXPO

( October 19 –21, 2005)

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___

H.E. Zeng Qinghong, Standing Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Vice President of China

1.   H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia

2.   H.E. Lt-Gen Soe Win, the late Prime Minister of Myanmar

3.   H.E. Choummaly Saygnasone, the then Vice President of Laos

4.   H.E. Somkid Jatusripitak, the First Prime Minister of Thailand

5.   H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung, the then Standing Vice Prime Minister of Viet Nam, and ministers of commerce/trade of China and the 10 ASEAN countries, etc.

2004

1st CAEXPO

( November 3 – 6, 2004)

___*

___

H.E. Madam Wu Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council of China

1.   H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia

2.   H.E. Boungnang Vorachith, Vice Premier of Laos

3.   H.E. Lt-Gen Soe Win, the late Prime Minister of Myanmar

4.   H.E. Phinij Jarusombat, Vice Prime Minister of Thailand

5.   H.E. Pham Gia Khiem, Vice Prime Minister of Viet Nam

6.   Ministers of Commerce/Trade of China and the 10 ASEAN countries, and

7.   Secretary General of the ASEAN, etc.

Source: http://eng.caexpo.org/

 

 

*The CAEXPO Country of Honor

The Country of Honor mechanism was introduced during the 4th CAEXPO in 2007. For each CAEXPO, an ASEAN country acts as the CAEXPO Country of Honor, whose state leader is invited to the event with his/her delegation, to ensure that each CAEXPO will have the attendance of ASEAN state leaders, thus to maintain CAEXPO’s influence in political and diplomatic arenas.

Source: http://us2.mofcom.gov.cn/article/chinafair/200903/20090306091024.shtml



[1] “Overview, About CAEXPO,” Official Website of the China-ASEAN Expo, http://eng.caexpo.org/ab_caexpo/t20060817_73326.html