January 1, 2010 (Year of the OX in the winter on 17), China - ASEAN Free Trade Area officially completed. Reference January 1, 2010, China - ASEAN Free Trade Area officially launched, which marks this piece composed by China and the 10 ASEAN countries, nearly $ 6 trillion gross national product, $ 4.5 trillion The volume of trade between the region and started to enter the era of zero tariffs. The concerned parties, the China - ASEAN Free Trade Area is the oldest, the fastest progress, most real effect FTA. This landmark free trade area will have Chinese foreign trade exchanges and cooperation in the future an important demonstration effect.



six ASEAN countries (Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, (lssdjt.cn) Philippines and Singapore) early next year, will be the full implementation of the free trade zone agreement, the new four ASEAN countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) It will slow over time.
2010, after 10 years of hard work, covering a population of 1.9 billion, 14 million square kilometers of land in China - ASEAN Free Trade Area officially completed and opened a new economic cooperation between China and ASEAN member states page.
China - ASEAN Free Trade Area is the largest free trade zone in the world's most populous free trade area, but also among developing countries. After the completion of 90% of both China and ASEAN goods will be zero tariff treatment to a population of over 1.3 billion Chinese and ASEAN region's population of nearly 600 million be contacted in the same market.
China - ASEAN Free Trade Area Chinese Foreign discuss free trade area, but also ASEAN as a whole in the talks, a free trade zone.
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2000, when he was Premier Zhu? bases for the establishment of China - the idea of ​​the ASEAN Free Trade Area, the ASEAN leaders to respond positively.
In November 2001, the two sides officially announced that the China - ASEAN Free Trade Area will be completed within a decade. (Lssjt.cn) In November 2002, China and ASEAN signed the "China - ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, China - ASEAN Free Trade Area since the official start. (Lssjt.cn) In 2004, early results - the "early harvest program" implemented free trade area. According to the plan, China and ASEAN signed a Trade in Goods Agreement, the first reduction of nearly six hundred kinds of agricultural and sideline products tariffs to advance to enjoy the benefits of free trade. In November 2004, China and ASEAN signed a trade in goods agreement with each other, and in July 2005 began the implementation of a comprehensive tariff reduction; Reference 2007, the two sides signed the service trade agreement on services " , and in July of that year
August, 2009, the two sides signed the investment agreement on mutual liberalization of the investment market. At this point, the expanded around the FTA negotiations are completed, to ensure that the FTA is completed on schedule on January 1, 2010.