199 1 year, China and ASEAN established a dialogue partnership. Since then, the trade cooperation between the two sides has gradually become closer and entered a new stage of development. 1993 China attended the 29th ASEAN ministerial meeting in Jakarta at the invitation of ASEAN. From 65438 to 0997, China gave strong support to ASEAN countries hit by the financial crisis and worked together to tide over the financial crisis. Because the political relationship between the two sides is relatively good, it has promoted the cooperation of economic development between the two sides. Despite the financial crisis, the economies of ASEAN countries began to recover, slowly picking up at 1999. At the same time, China has maintained a high-speed economic growth, especially after 200 1 10 joined the WTO. Both sides are aware of the necessity of establishing a free trade zone to speed up economic development.
In June 2002, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area was officially launched at 5438+065438+ 10, and the framework agreement of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area was successfully signed in the same year. On July 20, 2005, the tariff concession plan of the Agreement on Trade in Goods was implemented, and 7,000 products were granted tariff concessions. On August 5, 2009, the investment agreement of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area was signed, which marked the end of major negotiations. 2010 65438+1On October 7th, China and ASEAN countries formally signed 18 cooperation projects for two years.
The cooperation between China and ASEAN countries can be roughly divided into the following three stages: in the first stage, from 2002 to 20 10, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area began to take measures to significantly reduce tariffs until they were minimized. From 1 1 in 2002 to 1 in 2000, about 93% of the trade tariffs between China and ASEAN countries were reduced to zero. In the second stage, from 20 1 1 to 20 15, the China-ASEAN free trade area will be fully realized, and the two sides will realize a broader and deeper investment market and open the service trade market. In the third stage, after 20 16, it is necessary to consolidate and improve the free trade zone. It is predicted that in the next few years, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area will play a more important and unique role in the world economy, and then we will all be inseparable from its existence.