China is proposing deeper, win-win cooperation with ASEAN countries by establishing an Internet economic common market, said Zhuang Rongwen, vice minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China.
China will work closely with ASEAN countries to turn the China-ASEAN Information Harbor into an information hub for the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and share the achievements of cyberspace development.
The digital economy has become the most powerful engine to drive China's economic development, said Lu Wei, minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China.
China Unicom, one of China's three State-owned telecom companies, is constructing the country's only overseas international submarine cable link with Myanmar, said Jiang Zhengxin, vice president of China Unicom on Sunday.
The base of the China-ASEAN Information Harbor was officially launched in Nanjing, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Sunday.
China will set up a special fund for Internet and telecommunications infrastructure to link China and ASEAN members, said Lu Wei, minister of the State Council's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).
The China-ASEAN Information Harbor Forum opens in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on September 13, 2015. The forum will last for two days.
China and Laos signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Cyberspace Cooperation and Development during the China-ASEAN Information Harbor Forum in Nanning.
The Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of Lao PDR will sign a bilateral Memorandum Of Understanding on CyberSpace Cooperation and Development.
Since the day when it was chosen as the permanent host city of the CAEXPO, Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has become a hub for bilateral exchanges between China and ASEAN.
Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is both a coastal and frontier region, the only one in China with both land and sea connections with ASEAN, a hub between the economic circles of south China, southwest China and ASEAN, making it a portal to ASEAN, the most accessible harbor in southwest China, and a key bridge linking Guangdong,Hong Kong, Macao and western China.
Lu Wei, Vice Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs and Minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China, will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony.
Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said on Sunday that both China and ASEAN have agreed to strive to bring to an end their negotiation on an upgraded version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area before the end of this year.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Lao President Choummaly Sayasone in Beijing on Tuesday, pledging to advance ties with the Southeast Asian country.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Tuesday that the forthcoming establishment of ASEAN Community by the end of this year will give fresh impetus to China 's "Belt and Road" initiative.
The "Belt and Road Initiatives", therefore, would benefit both sides as they are broad enough to encompass different modes of economic integration.