While Yunnan province gets itself ready to be the business and trade gateway to South and Southeast Asian countries, its capital, Kunming, expects to play a major role as a hub for all that activity, the Party chief has said.
The State Council approved the province's "gateway" plan in May and Kunming sees itself as "a regional financial hub for Southeast Asia and South Asia," the Party chief, Qiu He, explained.
A group of investors from China's southwestern Yunnan province has explored investment opportunities in Cambodia.
Better connected industries for the China-ASEAN free trade zoneParticipants at a recent Asian industrial cooperation meeting in Kunming decided that increased cooperation between Chinese companies and those of ASEAN member countries is the future.
Turning Kunming into a regional hubA second conference on innovative approaches to business between China and Southeast Asian nations took place this weekend in Kunming in a search for mutual benefits to be gained from cooperation.
Kunming expects to play a major role as a hub for business and trade activities, the Party chief has said.