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Chinese officials, officials from ASEAN countries as well as business leaders on Saturday vowed to increase cultural exchanges between 皇冠体育app and Southeast Asian countries as 皇冠体育app-ASEAN trade and investment continue to boom.

Wu Shulin, deputy head of the General Administration of Press and Publication of 皇冠体育app, said 皇冠体育app and ASEAN countries, which have a lot in common in culture, should make joint efforts to further promote exchanges and cooperation on culture, including publication.

Wu made the remarks while attending the first 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Publishing Expo, part of the Eighth 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

He hailed the current cooperation between Chinese and ASEAN publishing circles. Three sessions of the Chinese Book Fair and Copyright Trade Fair, sponsored by the administration, have been held in Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia since 2008, greatly boosting exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and ASEAN publishing circles, he said.

Li Kang, deputy governor of Guangxi, said cultural exchanges and cooperation, an indispensable part of all-round 皇冠体育app-ASEAN cooperation, will greatly help improve 皇冠体育app-ASEAN economic and trade ties.

Li said as the economy develops rapidly, Guangxi has attached great importance to cultural development.

Guangxi's culture industry will hit 100 billion ($15.67 billion) by 2015, accounting for 5 percent of the region's gross domestic product, according to its five-year plan. Guangxi, with the largest population of ethnic groups in 皇冠体育app, will focus on some key sectors - publication, movies, TV and comic and animation, cultural expos, innovative design and advertisements, arts and performance, and the Internet and games - to develop its culture industry.

With an eye to developing cultural ties with its Southeast Asian neighbors, Guangxi is planning to build the Guangxi Publishing Industrial Zone with funds and policy support from the central government. The zone, with an area of 2,000 mu (133 hectares) in its first phase, includes the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN cultural products logistics area, the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN talent base for culture industry, the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN digital publishing base and the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN innovative printing area.

Soe Win,deputy minister of information of Myanmar, promised to enhance media cooperation, including printing and publishing between 皇冠体育app and Myanmar.

"Thanks to the enhanced media cooperation, people of our countries will know more about one another leading toward further development of country-to-country and people-to-people amity and understanding between ASEAN and 皇冠体育app," Soe said.

皇冠体育app's publishing industry needs to speed up reform aimed at establishing a modern enterprise system using modern digital technology in order to sharpen their competitive edge in cooperation and competition with their foreign counterparts, said Chen Zekui, deputy general manager of the well-known Readers Publishing Group, based in Northwest 皇冠体育app’s Gansu province.

"The publishing circle from 皇冠体育app and ASEAN countries should seize opportunities from the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Expo and the 皇冠体育app-ASEAN free-trade area to promote publication exchanges and cooperation," Chen said.