On June 5438+065438+ 10/5, 2020, it was formally signed by 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The signing of this agreement indicates that RCEP will become the country with the largest population, the most diverse members and the largest economic and trade scale in the world.
The signing of RCEP is conducive to building an open world economy, supporting the multilateral trading system, improving the regional trade and investment environment, promoting the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, helping countries to better meet challenges, enhancing the future development potential of the region and benefiting the people of all countries in the region.
Protocol history
On March 8th, 20021,Minister of Commerce Wang said in the second "Ministerial Channel" of the National People's Congress that the China Municipal Government had formally approved the agreement. On March 22nd, the head of the International Department of the Ministry of Commerce said that China had completed the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, namely the RCEP Agreement, becoming the first country to ratify it.
In addition, Thailand has also ratified the agreement. All the member countries of RCEP indicated that they would ratify the agreement before the end of the year, so as to promote the entry into force of the agreement on June 5438+ 10/day, 2022.
On 20021April 15, China formally deposited the instrument of ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) with the Secretary-General of ASEAN. This marks the formal completion of the approval process of RCEP in China.