The China-ASEAN Business Council held its 4th meeting on Tuesday in Nanning, capital city of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region.

Some 100 delegates from enterprises, associations and chambers of commerce of China and the 10 ASEAN countries attended the meeting.

Wan Jifei, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), suggested at the meeting that the chambers of commerce of China and ASEAN countries should nail downa target for future cooperation, and raise cooperative level so asto achieve a win-win result.

Wan appealed for efforts to run well the China-ASEAN website tofacilitate cooperation and improve the regional competitive power.

In order to promote China-ASEAN free-trade zone construction, ajoint declaration is expected to be issued at the meeting.

Established in November 2001 in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, the China-ASEAN Business Council is a semi-official body dedicated to enforcing economic and trade relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Source: Xinhua