第七届泛北部湾经济合作论坛演讲集:英文版:English version

　　Intensify Cooperation and Join Hands for Common Prosperity　　——AddrcSS at the-p Pan—Beibu Gulf Economic Cooperation ForUmXie Guoming，Deputy Editor—in—chief of People’s Daily　　July12，2012　　Honorable Vice Chairwoman Chen Zhili of NPC Standing Committee，Honorable Vice Chairman Bai Lichen of CPPCC National Committee，Dear friends from ASEAN，Honorable Party Secretary Guo Shengkun of CPC Guangxi Committee，Honorable Governor Ma Biao of Guangxi，Distinguished Guests，Ladies and Gentlemen，　　Good morning：　　Today，we gather together in Nanning，the green city in Guangxi，aregion inhabited by Zhuang ethnic minority to have extensive exchanges andin—depth discussions at the 7‘“Pan—Beibu Gulf Economic CooperationForum，which will greatly promote intensified development of PBGcooperation and prosperity of China-ASEAN FreeTrade Area．　　Since the establishment of China-ASEAN dialogue relationship，bothsides have caMed out intensive and fruitful exchanges and cooperation invarious sectors with peaceful development as the theme and friendlycooperation as the main thread and made their due contributions to stabilityand prosperity of economy of Asia and the whole world at large．　　We feel glad to notice that as a sub-regional cooperation under theframework of China—ASEAN Free Trade Area，with the support of allparties，Pan—Beibu Gulf economic cooperation has intensified its substance，expanded areas。　　……