In the context of accelerating the process of trade globalization, ASEAN has become China's largest trading partner. On the morning of November 22, President Xi Jinping attended and presided over the 30th Anniversary Summit of China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations in Beijing in video format. China and ASEAN officially announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership with ASEAN. On the day of the summit, the "Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations" was passed. The two sides reached 31 consensuses on the overall layout of China-ASEAN relations, political and security cooperation, economic cooperation, social and cultural cooperation, and regional and international cooperation.

"Today, we officially announced the establishment of the China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership. This is a new milestone in the history of the relationship between the two countries and will inject new impetus into regional and world peace, stability, prosperity and development." On the 22nd, the Chinese President Xi Jinping published a video in Beijing. Attended and presided over the 30th Anniversary Summit of China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations and delivered an important speech. This is China's most important neighboring diplomatic action in 2021, and it is also the first collective meeting between Xi Jinping and leaders of ASEAN countries. On the day of the summit, the "Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations" was passed. The two sides reached 31 consensuses on the overall layout of China-ASEAN relations, political and security cooperation, economic cooperation, social and cultural cooperation, and regional and international cooperation. Scholars and people in ASEAN countries are full of expectations for the escalation of relations between the two countries. "The relations between the two countries will benefit more than 2 billion people in 11 countries." Tang Zhimin, director of the China-ASEAN Studies Center of the School of Management of Taijia University, said that at the historical node of "30 years", looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, China-ASEAN has increasingly become a community with a shared future.

Xi Jinping puts forward 5 suggestions

On the 22nd, Xi Jinping co-chaired the summit with Brunei Sultan Hassanal, the rotating chairman of ASEAN. Over the past 30 years since China and ASEAN established dialogue relations, they have gone through an extraordinary journey. On the same day, Xi Jinping pointed out in a speech entitled "Building a Home Together with Destiny" that the past 30 years have witnessed the in-depth development of economic globalization and profound changes in the international situation. The 30-year evolution is 30 years in which China and ASEAN have seized the opportunities of the times and realized the leap-forward development of their bilateral relations. "During the summit, the leaders of ASEAN and China jointly reviewed the extensive cooperation between the two sides and discussed how to further strengthen the relationship.

China and ASEAN jointly announced on the 22nd that they will establish a meaningful, substantive, mutually beneficial and win-win China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership. Tang Zhimin said that in the positioning of China's foreign relations, "partnership" means win-win development, "strategic partnership" emphasizes the overall and long-term nature of partnership, and "comprehensive" refers to the improvement, expansion and upgrading of cooperation fields. The upgrading of China-ASEAN relations shows that the two sides are actively responding to changes in the international political and economic situation and will actively deepen cooperation.

Over the past 30 years, China-ASEAN political mutual trust has been continuously deepened. From the "Comprehensive Dialogue Partner" in 1996 to the "21st Century Good-neighborly and Mutual Trust Partner" in 1997, to the "Strategic Partner for Peace and Prosperity" in 2003, the two sides have become successful models of cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Xi Jinping told ASEAN leaders on the 22nd that China firmly opposes hegemonism and power politics and is willing to live in friendship with neighboring countries for a long time. In the region, we will jointly maintain lasting peace and will never seek hegemony, let alone bullying.的小大. "Lu Yao knows horsepower and has seen it a long time ago." He quoted an old Chinese saying: China was, is, and will always be a good neighbor, good friend, and good partner of ASEAN.

On the 22nd, Xi Jinping put forward five suggestions on the future relations between China and ASEAN, including building a peaceful home, building a peaceful home, building a prosperous home, building a beautiful home, and building a friendly home. Xi Jinping emphasized that we must be the builders and defenders of regional peace, insist on dialogue, not confrontation, partnership and non-alignment, and jointly deal with all kinds of negative factors that undermine peace; we must practice true multilateralism and insist on discussing international and regional affairs. . Write.

China has increased its diplomatic attention to Southeast Asia, and Xi Jinping announced a series of specific measures on the 22nd. China is willing to launch the "China-ASEAN Health Shield" cooperation initiative to provide another 150 million doses of free vaccine assistance to ASEAN countries; China is willing to start the construction of version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area as soon as possible to improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation. Launch the "China-ASEAN Science and Technology Innovation Promotion Plan" to provide ASEAN with 1,000 advanced and applicable technologies and support 300 young scientists from ASEAN to come to China for exchanges.

“China is a political and economic power around ASEAN. Shemonil, Director of the Project Planning Department of the Forum of the Alliance of CSOs in Cambodia, said: “This is like a big gear that drives the small gears of ASEAN countries to run at a high speed. "Experience, technology and financial advantages have created many development opportunities for ASEAN countries. This is the real responsibility of a major country.

ASEAN looks forward to a "golden age"

In an interview, Burapa, chairman of the Lao Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said that the Belt and Road Initiative has brought great changes to Laos. The idea and implementation of the China-Laos railway and the cross-Laos highway has transformed Laos into a landlocked country. Become "Lu Lianguo". He said that in the past 30 years, the economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN has been fruitful and the bilateral trade volume has increased by more than 80 times. China advocates building a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future. Now is the golden age to achieve this goal.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at the summit that ASEAN and China continue to strengthen their partnership during the epidemic. Last year, ASEAN not only rose to become China’s largest trading partner, but even with the rise of protectionism, the two sides still promoted the world’s largest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which played a leading role in trade liberalization. effect. Singapore welcomes the promotion of China and ASEAN's bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Xu Liping, a researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the "comprehensiveness" of the comprehensive strategic partnership highlights the broader and deeper areas of cooperation between the two parties. The cooperation between China and ASEAN will no longer be limited to the regional level, and may expand to the global level in the future.

Before the China-ASEAN summit, the United States vigorously hyped China's so-called "aggressive" behavior in the South China Sea. At the summit, Chinese leaders emphasized jointly safeguarding the stability of the South China Sea and building the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, demonstrating that conflicts in the region can be resolved within the framework of a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Xu Liping said that the dispute between China and ASEAN in the South China Sea can be properly resolved through bilateral channels as long as the two sides respect each other, treat each other as equals, and take care of each other's core concerns. As for the contribution of individual countries and the media to the South China Sea issue, countries in the region know the bottom line for maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. Chemonil told reporters that compared with some foreign powers who are used to "painting cakes", China is a true friend of ASEAN. Cambodia has taken over the rotating presidency of ASEAN. It is believed that China-ASEAN relations will achieve greater development in the coming year.

ASEAN and China share common values

As China and ASEAN upgrade relations, a move by G7 has aroused concern. The UK, which is the presidency of the G7, announced on the 22nd that it will hold the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Liverpool from December 10th to 12th, and for the first time invite ASEAN countries Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia to participate in the meeting. British Foreign Secretary Truss said in a statement that the meeting will discuss measures to strengthen relations in the fields of economy, technology, and security, and build a global network of countries that share common values.

In the context of concerns raised by the US-UK-Australia trilateral security partnership, the G7's move may be seen as an attempt to win the support of ASEAN countries. ASEAN countries have differences on "Okus", especially Indonesia and Malaysia have sharply criticized it. The Indonesian Defense Minister said: “Our position is that Southeast Asia should of course remain non-nuclear, and we are worried that this will trigger an arms race.” Malaysian Defense Minister Hishamuddin Hussein warned that “Okus” may cause The disintegration of ASEAN. He said: "In particular, we don't want ASEAN to disintegrate because of the geopolitical conflicts between the superpowers."

"Okus" did not negotiate with ASEAN and other regional countries before signing, and it was destined to disappoint Asia. The Philippines and Singapore, which initially expressed support, also confessed their concerns. Because "Okus" has a clear deterrent "stick", but no diplomatic "carrot". Its provocative nature may weaken diplomatic efforts elsewhere.

"Another key factor for peace and prosperity in the region is Sino-US relations." Lee Hsien Loong emphasized at the summit that all countries in the region hope to establish good relations with the United States and China and are unwilling to choose sides. I believe that Sino-US exchanges will " Promote the area". Peace and stability.” On Saturday, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi stated that the trends and trends of creating estrangement and division, inciting conflicts and confrontations in the Asia-Pacific region, and participating in small circles of military and political groups, “deserve the most resolute collective boycott. He also said that China has noticed that ASEAN independence has put forward its own Indo-Pacific vision, and some concepts and principles are consistent with China's foreign policy concepts.

China has always built the development concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. Regarding the “values” of gang formation advocated by Western politicians for a long time, Nizhandali, director of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Research Center in Cambodia, said on the 22nd that the cooperation between ASEAN and China today Success stems from the common pursuit of values: this is a peaceful and stable region committed to openness, tolerance and development. Editor/Xu Shengpeng