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The "Going Global" salon for the overseas industrial park of the 2023 Beijing Bilateral Investment Promotion Series was successfully held in Beijing on April 21. The event was hosted by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, organized by the Institute of Regional and National Studies of Peking University, the "the Belt and Road" Industry Promotion Association of Zhongguancun, and the "Going Global" navigation network. It focused on how to promote the high-quality development of Beijing Overseas Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, and jointly discussed the experience and strategy of building overseas industrial parks in Southeast Asia. Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

Zhai Kun, Vice President of the Institute of Regional and Country Studies at Peking University, reviewed the characteristics of the "second generation ASEAN" after 1991 from a long-term perspective and provided a macro introduction to the current situation and development trends in Southeast Asia. He believes that the second generation of ASEAN has three characteristics:

One is from a development oriented country to a development oriented region. In the past, the 10 ASEAN countries were development oriented countries, while Singapore and Myanmar were all pursuing unique modernization paths. However, currently, Southeast Asia has evolved into a development oriented region, with a population of 670 million. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

The second is to move from the periphery to the center of the system. Just like China, Southeast Asian countries also hope to become a relatively core part of the market economy system, but there are certain difficulties in terms of technology, funding, and other aspects. However, ASEAN is very prominent in institutionalized cooperation, and now ASEAN has signed FTA with many major countries, becoming the center of the system, "said Zhai Kun.

Thirdly, ASEAN plays an important role that cannot be ignored in the world landscape. He believes that ASEAN emphasizes the development and growth of the economy after the epidemic, attaches importance to the logic of development, and is unlikely to be affected by other issues on the main line of development. In addition, ASEAN will leverage institutionalized cooperation to continuously form a "ASEAN+" regional structure in the future, as reported by Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation.

Zhai Kun deeply analyzed the systematic competition and cooperation between China and the United States in Southeast Asia, as well as ASEAN's response. He interpreted the new direction of building a community with a shared future for China and ASEAN - "homeland construction", and provided corresponding countermeasures and suggestions for Beijing enterprises to sail to Southeast Asia. He believes that the current investment demand in Southeast Asia is mainly concentrated in areas such as the digital economy, new energy, smart cities, connectivity, and public health. Beijing enterprises should focus on the latest development of RCEP, IPEF, CPTPP, DEPA when going to Southeast Asia, as well as the connection with domestic free trade zones.

One country, one policy, and each country is different. Beijing enterprises should invest in Southeast Asia through the model of "Going Global 2.0". While doing a good job of coordination, special attention should be paid to the development trends of industrialization, internationalization, low-carbon, people-oriented, and digitalization in Southeast Asian countries, "said Zhai Kun.

Zhuang Jianrong, director of the Foreign Economic Department of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that as an industrial cluster, overseas industrial parks are an important starting point and a bearing platform for promoting international production capacity cooperation along the "the Belt and Road". The landing of international production capacity cooperation projects in the park and the realization of group outing are important measures to effectively avoid risks and enhance the overseas survival ability of "going global" enterprises. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

This salon is the first event of the 2023 Beijing Bi-directional Investment Promotion Series organized by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce. Subsequently, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce will also collaborate with the "Going Global" navigation network to organize embassy entry activities, "Going Global" classroom activities, and "Going Global" salon activities, continuously empowering the high-quality development of two-way investment in Beijing. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.