世界经济概论区域经济一体化效益学号:090701314姓名:蒋惠芸班级:国贸三班RegionaleconomicintegrationbenefitsallBYAlexanderWanandJianEr(ChinaDaily)Updated:2005-03-3011:14China'srapideconomicdevelopmentisgoingtodeliverrealbenefitsratherthanposethreatstoitsAsianneighbours,includingASEANcountriesandJapan.ThispointwasforcefullymadebyLongYongtu,secretary-generaloftheBoaoForumforAsia,attheninthChinaDailyCEORoundtablethemed"China-AsiaBusinessPartnership:Implicationsformultinationals"heldinBeijingyesterday.AttheconferenceorganizedbyChinaDaily,LongpointedoutthateconomicintegrationinAsiaisofstrategicalimportanceforallcountriesintheregionaswellasthosecompaniesincludingmultinationalsoperatinginthisregion.Thispointwasalsoechoedbysome30China-basedchiefexecutiveofficersandseniorexecutivesofleadingmultinationals,domesticcompaniesandinternationalorganizationssuchasBASF,Shell,PfizerInvestment,BMWGroup,BritishAirways,theWaltDisneyCompany,EastmanKodak,ChinaUnicomandClearMedia,aswellastheAsianDevelopmentBank,whoattendedtheconferenceyesterday.Focusonregionalco-operationChinahasbecomeaveryactiveparticipantinregionaleconomicco-operationandintegrationinrecentyears.TheobjectiveoftheinitiativesistoletotherAsiancountriessharetheeconomicachievementsthatChinahasmadeinthepastdecades,saidLong.ThecountryhasdemonstrateditsstrongwillingnessandcommitmenttoregionalintegrationsuchasestablishingafreetradeareawithASEAN(AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations)countriesandproposingsuchanareawithJapanandSouthKoreainrecentyears."Thekeywordsduringtheprocessareopenandresponsible,"stressedLong.TheformerchiefnegotiatorforChina'sresumptionofGATTcontractingpartystatusanditsaccessiontotheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO),LongsaidChina'sWTOmembershipanditscontinuingspectaculareconomicgrowthhadpromptedthecountrytoswitchfromanconservativetoanactiveapproachtoachieveeconomicintegrationinAsia."ChinaconsideredthatitsactiveparticipationinregionalintegrationcouldbeinterpretedbytheinternationalcommunitythatChinaintendstobecomeopenandresponsible.That'swhyChinastarteditslongjourneyofnegotiationontheestablishmentofafreetradeareawithASEANcountries,"saidLong,whoisnowactiveinpromotingregionaleconomicco-operation.Meanwhile,Chinaalsointendedtodeliverastrategicallyimportantmessagethatitwishedtoalleviateconcernsamongitsneighbours,includingASEANcountries.Theconcerns,resultingfromtherapideconomicdevelopmentofChina,includedissueslikeChinatakingawaytheirforeigninvestmentandjobsandtheriseofChinaposingathreattoregionalstability.ItwasreportedthatbeginningthisJuly,ChinaandtheASEANcountrieswillimplementanagreementonthetradeofgoodsundertheirFTApacts.TariffsonmostgoodsflowingwithintheChina-ASEANFTAwillbefinallycuttozeroby2010.FiguresfromtheMinistryofCommerceofChinashowthattradeingoodscoveredbyan"earlyharvestprogramme"-thepreludetoanFTA-betweenChinaandASEANmembers,reachedUS$1.7billionbytheendoflastyear,up41percentyear-on-year.The"earlyharvestprogramme"exemptssomeproductsfromtariffsbeforetheFTAiscompleted."SoregionaleconomicintegrationisakindofsharingthatChinawantstoshowitsresponsibilitytocreatecommonprosperityanddevelopmentinAsia,"saidLong.EastAsialinkingupLong,aveteraninmultilateraleconomic,tradeandlegalaffairs,continuedthatChina,JapanandSouthKorea,whosecombinedGDPaccountedforabout90percentofthetotalinEastAsia,couldplayamoreimportantroleinthisprocess.Analystsexpected...
