Government leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) arrived in Nanning, capital city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to attend the first China-ASEAN Expo.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the Nanning airport that the first China-ASEAN Expo is a historic event for cooperation between China and ASEAN. The fair will be conducive to the promotion of the process of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in the future.

Laotian Premier Boungnang Vorachit and Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win also arrived here Tuesday.

The government heads will also attend the first China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit that will be held on the sideline of the expo.

The first China-ASEAN Expo will be held in Nanning from Nov. 3 to 6. About 1,500 enterprises from ASEAN, China and other countries will participate in the expo.

Source: Xinhua