GLOBALink | China's trade with RCEP members sustains steady growth

STORY: China's trade with RCEP members sustains steady growth DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of containersSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NGUYEN HUU QUAN, Commercial Consul of Consulate General of Vietnam in Nanningvarious of vesselsSOUNDBITE 2 (Thai): BENJAMAS TANVETYANONT, Consul general of Thailand in NanningSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DENG WEI, Staff member, China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd.various of trains STORYLINE: Trade between China and members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has seen steady growth since the trade agreement took effect at the beginning of this year, the latest official data showed. According to the General Administration of Customs (GAC), China's trade with the other 14 member states expanded 6.9 percent year on year to 2.86 trillion yuan (about 448.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2022, accounting for 30.4 percent of China's total foreign trade value. The world's largest f

ASEAN diplomats try China's e-commerce livestream to promote trade cooperation

STORY: ASEAN diplomats try China's e-commerce livestream to promote trade cooperation DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DO NAM TRUNG, Consul general of Vietnam in Nanning 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): BENJAMA TANVETYANONT, Consul general of Thailand in Nanning 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AZLIMI ZAKARIA, Consul general of Malaysia in Nanning STORYLINE: Several diplomats from the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) joined an e-commerce livestreaming event in China to promote their countries' specialties. The event on Monday gathered consul generals of Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia in Nanning, the capital city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. They hope to strengthen trade cooperation with China through e-commerce platforms. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DO NAM TRUNG, Consul general of Vietnam in Nanning "In recent years, Vietnam and China have carried out e-commer