6 guangxispecial TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011 CHINA DAILY China South City project brings ASEAN benefits

By HAO NAN, HUANG exhibition city brands” and Asian Nations and has conve- China-ASEAN Free Trade ing and a series of supporting and Investment Summit’s ASEAN economies and pro- ZHAOHUA, AND HUANG its exhibition business has nient airports, railways, port Area, and nearly 90 percent of services. secretariat and CSC will mote economic development FEIFEI become a moneymaker thanks facilities and highways. products will have zero tariffs It will cost more than 12 work together for business and regional integration. to its capacity and efficiency. And, CSC Nanning, as a in China-ASEAN trade. CSC billion yuan ($1.86 billion), development. The CSC Nanning’s Trade Nanning, the capital of the In 2004, it became the per- major investment project, can Nanning is expected to pro- and be built in two phases. When it is completed, and Exhibition Center for Guangxi Zhuang autono- manent host of the CAEXPO be signi�cant for the region’s vide a �rst-class investment Work on the 1.6 million- sq- China South City Nan- AESAN Goods is expected to mous region has plans for a and the China-ASEAN Busi- development. and trade environment, he m phase one began in Oct ning is expected to bring in give markets a real boost, with large trade and logistic proj- ness and Investment Sum- It is expected to help an added. 2009, with an initial cost of more than 100,000 Chinese exhibitions planned monthly ect to bring prosperity and mit, and, “It is an ideal place integrated group of logistic “It will bring in new about 6 billion yuan, and a and foreign companies, and to make the city an enduring to increase cooperation with to build the China-ASEAN services, in trading, exhibi- management concepts for completion date of two to provide jobs for 200,000 to exhibition showcase, accord- ASEAN countries, with help Trade and Logistics Center, tions, information sharing, Nanning and Guangxi’s three years. 250,000 people. ing to government officials. from the local government. thanks to its huge business and warehousing. manufacturers and provide The construction of its Annual trade volume of Additional support for potential,” according to Cheng It has also reached agree- an exchange platform for logistics squares, exhibition these companies has been NUMBERS the China South City Nan- Chung Hing, co-chairman of ments with the economic industrial materials and centers, infrastructure, and estimated at 100 billion ning (CSC Nanning) project China South City Holdings development offices of six products.” other supporting facilities is yuan. is coming from the China Ltd. AESAN countries — Burma, going smoothly. The project overall Council for the Promotion of Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, More companies e number two and num- includes a 50,000-sq-m 4.88 International Trade and the Advantageous Cambodia, Indonesia, and and jobs ber three logistics squares trade and exhibition center million square China Chamber of Interna- location Singapore. CSC Nanning is located will put into service in Octo- for ASEAN goods and trade meters tional Commerce. One other reason for their “CSC Nanning will lower in the city’s Jiangnan district ber, while the number four and business services for of floor space at CSC Nanning at is partly because Nan- interest and investment, product procurement costs with a site area of about 2.3 square for exhibiting goods displaying and marketing ning is growing in popularity, Cheng said, is the city’s par- and logistic costs and make square kilometers, with a from the ASEAN countries ASEAN products. thanks to the China-ASEAN ticular geographic position. procurement more efficient gross �oor area of about 4.88 is expected to complete CSC Nanning will provide Expo (CAEXPO) and invest- The region borders Viet- and profits greater for the million square meters. construction in October a series of preferential poli- ment promotion activities. nam and is within easy reach city’s enterprises,” a local It will have 10 industrial- and start operation early cies to the AESAN members, The city itself has become of Burma, Laos, Cambodia, government official has said. materials trade centers for next year. such as a five-year rent 12 one of the nation’s “Top 10 ailand and other Southeast In addition, there is the various types of manufactur- China-ASEAN Business abatement period, to assist billion yuan in total investment for the CSC Nanning project. 100k Chinese and foreign companies expected to be doing business in CSC Nanning when it is completed. It will also provide jobs for 200,000 to 250,000 people. 100 billion yuan annual turnover is expected for CSC Nanning. 50k square meters of floor space at the trade and exhibition center for ASEAN Artist’s rendering of China South City Nanning — a large trade and logistics project that is expected to bring prosperity to Nanning and increase cooperation between Guangxi and ASEAN countries. goods.

Light industry expo beckons this autumn

By ZHUAN TI and will have four main scale, intensive trading event “I have great expectation AND LIU XIAOQIONG areas: jewelry, handicrafts, involving the most recent and confidence in the pos- watches and clocks; gifts light industrial materials and sibilities of China South The 2011 China-ASEAN and consumable electronic products”, according to local City Holdings in Nanning Light Industrial Products goods; everyday-use items; government officials. since the light industrial I have great Exposition to be held in Nan- and imported goods. exhibition draws a lot of expectation and ning, the capital of Guangxi The expo’s theme is More opportunities people and provides many Zhuang autonomous region, “environmental protection The stream of visitors at opportunities,” Xu said. confidence in the October 21 to 26, will have and cooperation” and it the first day of last year’s “Though located at the possibilities of China a vast array of products that will have some high-level exhibition amazed Xu juncture of the urban and South City Holdings are closely related to every- conferences and forums, Yang, an executive director rural areas, the center, as a in Nanning since day life. including the China- of China South City Hold- huge logistic complex for ‘‘ e expo, which is a part ASEAN environmental ings, who spoke at one of trade and business, must the light industrial of the 8th China-ASEAN protection forum. its forums. be full of business oppor- exhibition draws a lot Expo, will center on the At last year’s Expo, the Xu’s company is building tunities and be immensely of people and provides 20th anniversary of China- light industrial products the China South City Nan- attractive,” he added. ASEAN dialogue, the year of exhibition proved to be a ning, a trade center serving Even though there are many opportunities.” friendly China-ASEAN con- major success, with 335,000 as an integrated logistics many successful exhibitions XU YANG tacts, and the �rst anniver- visitors and 1.45 billion platform for industrial in Nanning already — for EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHINA sary of the China-ASEAN yuan worth of deals. materials and products. small commodities, indus- SOUTH CITY HOLDINGS Free Trade Zone. This year’s activity is The center is expected to tries, agriculture, and min- It will be held in Nanning’s intended to “optimize light boost the city’s economic ing — this is the first time China South City Conven- industrial resources and pro- prosperity as well as fur- for it to hold an advanced tion and Exhibition Center, curement in the Pan-Beibu ther drive the cooperation light industrial products people’s lives. in a 15,000-square-meter Gulf region and ASEAN between Guangxi and exhibition of goods that In fact, this year’s exhibi- space with 614 booths, countries, through a large- ASEAN countries. are closely related to local tion, with its focus on “envi- ronmental protection and cooperation”, gives priority to everyday items. This light industrial prod- ucts exhibition accords with China South City Holdings’ own goals, which are to build a world-class trade site for raw materials and commodities for suppli- ers and purchasers in the AESAN countries. China South City Hold- ings has in fact held the China (Shenzhen) Inter- national Industrial Expo four times already, so its maturity, operational expe- rience, and reputation can help guarantee the coming exhibition’s success. This light industrial products exhibition could become an international display site for commodities for the China-ASEAN free trade zone, a combination Variety of ASEAN and Chinese goods on display at last year’s of exhibit and market for light industrial products fair in Nanning (top, middle); it a larger, more experienced, attracted an unexpectedly large number of visitors from the Opening ceremony for the China-ASEAN Light Industrial Products Fair, 2010. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY and specialized market. mainland and overseas (above).