【新华社】RCEP助推区域经济一体化加速形成[Xinhua] RCEP has helped accelerate regional economic integration


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2022-01-11

【新华社】RCEP助推区域经济一体化加速形成新华社南宁1月7日电 “这是东亚经济一体化建设近20年来最重要的成果,显示出开放合作仍然是历史潮流、互利共赢依然是人心所向。”中国国际贸易促进委员会会长高燕在6日举办的RCEP工商领袖论坛上说。论坛以“共迎合作新时代,共创发展新未来”为主题,中国、泰国、柬埔寨、老挝、日本、韩国等工商界人士围绕抢抓RCEP商机进行研讨。与会人士一致认为,RCEP的正式生效

【新华社】RCEP助推区域经济一体化加速形成
新华社南宁1月7日电  “这是东亚经济一体化建设近20年来最重要的成果,显示出开放合作仍然是历史潮流、互利共赢依然是人心所向。”中国国际贸易促进委员会会长高燕在6日举办的RCEP工商领袖论坛上说。
论坛以“共迎合作新时代,共创发展新未来”为主题,中国、泰国、柬埔寨、老挝、日本、韩国等工商界人士围绕抢抓RCEP商机进行研讨。与会人士一致认为,RCEP的正式生效,将为进一步深化开放合作、持续推动区域经济一体化注入新的活力。
“我们相信柬埔寨将从RCEP获益很多,比如技术和知识转移,一些工业品、农产品也将从优惠关税中获益。”柬埔寨总商会主席陈丰明说,RCEP正带来更大的市场、更多优惠关税等利好,将进一步推动后疫情时代区域经济复苏。
“RCEP的签署和生效,是亚太区域经济一体化的标志性事件,形成联通15国的区域大市场。”泰国商业部副部长诗尼·叻盖表示,成员国将对3万多项泰国产品免除关税,其中2万多项产品可以立即享受零关税待遇,这有助于泰国出口贸易。
RCEP构想由东盟提出,协定生效巩固且提升了“东盟+1”自贸协定的各类贸易规则。东盟秘书长林玉辉指出,要摆脱疫情的冲击,我们需要扩大贸易和投资领域,增强成员国供应链的韧性,RCEP将会发挥非常重要的作用。
东亚商务理事会轮值主席赵学熙表示,RCEP协定将创造有利的条件,给15国商界提供良好的环境进行投资合作,各国均可在降低关税、优化供应链、非关税措施、贸易便利化等方面受益。
RCEP生效为中日两国第一次实现了自贸协定。
广西汽车集团与日本ASF株式会社签署协议,在柳州合作研发生产一款纯电动物流车。车辆计划于今年年内销往日本,预计至2030年该微型电动物流车销量将超过10万台。
“RCEP区域产业可以形成一种很好的互补关系。”中国日本商会副会长中塚润一郎表示,澳洲、新西兰和东盟是原材料等初级产品的重要产地,中国同时兼有高端产业的下游组装基地和劳动密集型产品的生产基地,随着RCEP生效,特别是原产地累积规则的导入,区域内的规则体系将进一步变化,形成多方共赢的合作局面。
“RCEP是以扩大经济交流为目标的多边自由贸易协定,将在中日韩三国的贸易活动中发挥重要的促进作用,加强区域协作、改善产业供应链。”中日韩合作秘书处副秘书长白范钦说。
老挝国家工商会副主席塔农鑫表示,过去很多企业在生产中使用的原材料经常从临近的国家获取,现在RCEP协定提供了更多便利、优惠的选择,15个成员国的生产要素可以更自由地流动,企业生产成本降下来了,产品和服务的竞争力就会进一步提升。
高燕介绍,中国海关、贸促会等机构签发RCEP原产地证书的数量连日增多。截至1月5日,中国贸促会已为18个省市的135家企业签发了275份RCEP原产地证书,出口目的地包括日本、澳大利亚等成员国,涉及出口金额1900多万美元,预计可为企业减免关税22万美元。
[Xinhua] RCEP has helped accelerate regional economic integration
Nanning, January 7, Xinhua News Agency "This is the most important achievement of east Asia's economic integration in the past 20 years. It shows that openness and cooperation remain the trend of history and mutual benefit and win-win results remain the aspiration of the people." Gao Yan, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said at the RCEP Business Leaders Forum on Saturday.
Under the theme of "Jointly Usher in a New Era of Cooperation and Create a New Future of Development", business leaders from China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, the ROK and other countries held discussions on seizing RCEP business opportunities. Participants agreed that the formal entry into force of RCEP will inject new vitality into deepening opening-up and cooperation and promoting regional economic integration.
"We believe Cambodia will benefit a lot from RCEP, such as technology and knowledge transfer, and some industrial products and agricultural products will also benefit from preferential tariffs." Tan Phong Minh, chairman of the Cambodian General Chamber of Commerce, said RCEP is bringing benefits such as a bigger market and more preferential tariffs, which will further boost regional economic recovery in the post-EPIDEMIC era.
"The signing and entry into force of the RCEP is a landmark event in the economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region, forming a large regional market connecting 15 countries." Thai Deputy Minister of Commerce Shini Ratchak said member countries will remove tariffs on more than 30,000 Thai products, of which more than 20,000 will enjoy zero tariff treatment immediately, which will help Thailand's export trade.
The RCEP initiative was proposed by ASEAN, and its entry into force has consolidated and enhanced various trade rules of the ASEAN +1 free trade Agreement. Asean Secretary-General Lim Yuk Fai pointed out that RCEP will play a very important role in expanding trade and investment sectors and strengthening the resilience of member countries' supply chains in order to overcome the impact of COVID-19.
Cho Hak-hee, chairman of the East Asia Business Council, said that the RCEP agreement will create favorable conditions for business communities of the 15 countries to conduct investment cooperation, and all countries will benefit from tariff reduction, supply chain optimization, non-tariff measures and trade facilitation.
The RCEP's entry into force marks the first time that China and Japan have realized a free trade agreement.
Guangxi Automobile Group and Japan's ASF Signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce a pure electric logistics vehicle in Liuzhou. The vehicle is scheduled to be sold to Japan by the end of this year, and sales of the mini electric logistics vehicle are expected to exceed 100,000 units by 2030.
"RCEP regional industries can form a good complementary relationship." Japan chamber of commerce, vice President of China in the burial embellish ichiro said, Australia, New Zealand, and the association of south-east Asian nations (asean) is one of the important origin of raw materials and other primary products, the downstream of the high-end industries concurrently at the same time the assembly base in China and labor-intensive products production base, with the RCEP effect, especially accumulation rules of origin of import, the rules of the regional system will be further changes, We should foster win-win cooperation among all parties.
"RCEP is a multilateral free trade agreement aimed at expanding economic exchanges. It will play an important role in promoting trade activities among China, Japan and the ROK, strengthening regional coordination and improving industrial supply chains." Bai Fanqin, deputy secretary General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat.
Laos national chamber of commerce, said tower farmers xin, vice President of many enterprises in the production of raw materials used in the past often from neighboring countries, now the RCEP agreement provides more convenience, the preferential choice, 15 member states can flow more freely and factors of production enterprise production costs down, will further enhance the competitiveness of the products and services.
Gao yan said that the number of RCEP certificates of origin issued by Chinese customs and ccPIT is increasing day by day. As of January 5, CCPIT has issued 275 RCEP certificates of origin to 135 enterprises in 18 provinces and cities, including Japan, Australia and other member countries, involving more than us $19 million in export value, which is expected to reduce tariffs by US $220,000 for enterprises.
 

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