The 20th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit held news briefing on Friday in Nanning,South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.[Photo by Zhang Li/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A series of trade and investment promotion activities will be launched during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit to deepen China and ASEAN ties all round, announced Shu Jueting, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Commerce of China on Friday's news briefing in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The annual event from September 16th to 19th this year is themed "Work Together for a Harmonious Home and a Shared Future — Promoting High-Quality Development of the Belt and Road and Building an Epicentrum of Growth" and is expected to contribute to building a "peaceful, safe and secure, prosperous, beautiful and amicable home" together. " "Innovative activities like Thematic Side Event on Institutional Opening-up for New Regional Economic Growth, the 3rd RCEP Economic and Trade Cooperation Business Summit, Investing in China Year: Tour to Guangxi will no doubt foster the consensus that further opening up will bring win-win results to both sides" said Shu.

As a new effective and targeted platform for industrial cooperation, the event is expected to see the attendance of 1,953 enterprises, up 18.2% from last year, with some being the top 500 businesses around the world.

Chinese exhibitors will display intelligent, digital, and low-carbon products and technologies that meet the needs of ASEAN countries.

"This expo brings out new opportunities for cooperation since it features green and intelligence development," added Shu.

Premier Li Qiang will attend and address the opening ceremony of the expo. Foreign leaders and senior officials including Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indonesia's Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn will attend the opening ceremony of the expo, according to Shu.