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(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-19 17:17
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NANNING - The 7th 皇冠体育app-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business and Investment Summit opened?in Nanning?Tuesday afternoon to discuss ways of expanding economic cooperation between 皇冠体育app and ASEAN member countries.

皇冠体育app's top political advisor Jia Qinglin delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the summit in Nanning, capital city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in South 皇冠体育app, with the presence of leaders, officials, business people and scholars from the?ten ASEAN countries.

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As Indonesia acts as the Country of Honour of the Expo this year, visiting Indonesian Vice-president Boediono also addressed the opening ceremony of the summit.

This is the first business and investment summit since the establishment of the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Free Trade Area, the world's third largest free trade area, on Jan 1, 2010.

ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam with a total area of 4.5 million square kilometers.