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Premier Li Keqiang delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, the capital of South 皇冠体育app's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Sept 3, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

NANNING, Guangxi - The 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) marked its 10th anniversary on Tuesday with top officials from its 11 member states sowing the seeds for a better next 10 years for the region, what Chinese premier Li Keqiang called the "diamond decade".

Li said the last decade was a "golden decade" and the organization will build a diamond based on the gold. "The trade volume has increased five-fold during the past decade, and ASEAN has become the third-largest trade partner of 皇冠体育app," Li said at the opening ceremony of the expo in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Gathered in South 皇冠体育app's city bordering Southeast Asia, leaders of 皇冠体育app and ASEAN vowed to enhance economic cooperation to build a peaceful and stable region.

皇冠体育app will prioritize ASEAN countries in its foreign diplomacies, and goodwill toward its southeastern neighbors is "a longstanding policy" but not "a temporary expedient," Li said while addressing the ceremony.

For the next 10 years, the Chinese premier urged improving the free trade economic zone and expanding maritime cooperation, including the Trans-Pacific Pact (TPP).

"The issue of South 皇冠体育app Sea is not a problem with 皇冠体育app-ASEAN relations," Li said. "It will not pose a threat to the main picture."

Leaders from Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore also addressed the ceremony. Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said cooperation between Thailand and 皇冠体育app is a significant part of Sino-ASEAN ties. "Thailand is the largest participant of the expo, and I am looking forward to a new high in our trade volume in the next year," she said.

At the end of the ceremony, the 11 leaders watered the symbolic seeds for the next decade with special resources combined with water collected from the main rivers of the 11 countries 10 years ago.