China's ASEAN self-trade does not understand is the first obstacle

Trainee reporter Wang Lijing from guangzhou January 1, 2011, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area "zero tariff" one year.　　Macro figures show that China's ASEAN trade volume rose 40.6% from 1 to November last year.　　However, for most foreign trade enterprises in Guangdong, the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area "zero tariff" is more a word in the news, the impact on its business "almost zero." In the past 2010, the Xu Ningning of China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation for 20 years has been of great significance.　　Since the beginning of 2010 years, the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone began to implement a "zero tariff", which means that both sides of the trade, investment in an open market.　　January 6, "Guangdong-ASEAN Economic Forum" sponsored by the Guangdong Times Media "great economic and trade" and the School of Management of Zhongshan University as the deputy Secretary-General of China-ASEAN Council, Xu Ningning, reviewed the China-ASEAN "zero tariff" a year through the uneven road, and accepted the Times weekly reporter interview.　　"Zero Tariff" bad times weekly: It is understood that last year, China-ASEAN began to implement the "zero tariff" is not smooth, some countries have appeared against the voice, the Chinese how to solve this problem? Xu Ningning: In the second half of 2009 and early last year, it did toss for some time, some countries worried that after the opening of the market, Chinese products entered the country directly to the domestic industry impact, resulting in increased unemployment.　　A march was organized in those countries, and Congress passed a bill in late 2009 to delay the China-ASEAN Zero Tariff timetable. The "Zero tariff" agreement was reached at the end of 2004 and has been ready for 5 years, but they are not ready yet. This is a very normal concern, just as we joined the WTO, but we do not support delaying. Because if these countries do not implement a zero-tariff agreement, other countries may follow suit. We then carried out a series of work: first, hurriedly and industry docking, because the main objection to the voice of the industry association, mainly two industries, one is textile, one is steel. In the past, China's trade associations with ASEAN were very small, so our chambers quickly docked with their chambers, helping to reduce concerns.　　The docking includes the present situation and the development plan of the respective industry, discuss the industry division of work after abolishing the tariff opening market, discuss how to create the new industrial chain, discuss the possible new situation, how to solve, and discuss how to implement the agreement together. Second, strengthen cooperation with SMEs. In 2001, when the Brunei agreement was reached, two leaders expressed concern that the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir, one of the Indonesian president Megawati, was worried about the impact of the cancellation of tariffs on small and medium-sized enterprises.　　Last June, a special meeting to enter the ASEAN SME Investment Conference to explore the opening up, how the small and medium-sized enterprises to share the benefits of regional economic development. Third, provide corresponding support. Some countries have proposed that, after opening the market, can not compete with Chinese products, the Chinese side has proposed that it can provide corresponding support. With our 15 billion dollar credit, we specialize in providing ASEAN with more than 800 million dollars to upgrade their textile equipment.　　Coupled with the advantages of China's textile machinery cost-effective, there are some concessions, to provide them with support.　　"Zero tariff" encountered a bad situation, because China-ASEAN FTA Development is very rapid, almost one year changes, especially the world's largest, most populous developing countries, the free trade zone, to a certain extent, a bit extensive taste, the next step is to fine management.　　There is no need to eliminate the deficit times weekly: Despite the first twists and turns, but this year, China's trade with ASEAN is still very large, even a deficit, how do you think about this? Xu Ningning: Now that the China-ASEAN FTA is getting better, China and ASEAN trade volume reached $263 billion trillion last January-November, a record high, up 40.6% from a year earlier, surpassing the average growth rate of foreign trade. Growth is faster, one is the machinery industry such as shipbuilding, as well as home appliances products.　　The two sides invested more than $70 billion trillion, and China invested 10 billion U.S. dollars in ASEAN, with a modest but fast growth of 125% per cent. It is worth mentioning that China's trade with ASEAN has also seen a deficit of 14.2 billion dollars. Of course, there are some people who ask me if my deficit is so big that I can shrink it. Theoretically, the surplus is good, but in fact it is not. First, the deficit has arisen, not that we have deliberately done it. Some people say, in order to curry favor with ASEAN, in order to fix ASEAN, we actually deliberately import more ASEAN things, but China and ASEAN trade in the first major category of products-electronic products, is controlled by western multinationals, they are in China and ASEAN in the electronics industry chain Division of Labor. Second, China's economic development does need ASEAN's things, such as bananas, oil, natural gas, coal. I don't think it's necessary to eliminate this deficit. At first I was worried that Chinese products would come in and have a surplus.　　We need to take less because the relationship between China and ASEAN is too important for us to open up the market for the sake of open market and to develop together.　　Transiting ASEAN Times Weekly: Facing the vibrant market of ASEAN, how should Guangdong enterprises seize the opportunity? Xu Ningning: First, active participation. At the end of October last year, China-ASEAN leaders at the meeting signed a plan, is the next 5 years of cooperation, focus areas, what is the main content, the timetable is what, this is a very full document, there are political, economic, social and other aspects of cooperation, there are social mechanisms, economic subsidies and so on.　　The framework of things, combined with the actual situation in Guangdong, what can be done to Guangdong, can be actively proposed. Second, the industry docking. The abolition of tariffs is a system arrangement, the production relations, the liberation of productive forces. We can create a new industrial chain after the tariff is abolished, which requires the industry to butt in. After mutual open market, the behavior of the enterprise, we are difficult to control. If there is a large number of Chinese products enter, impact, to hurryDocking, dispel each other's doubts. Third, understand two timetable, ASEAN and China timetable, ASEAN and other countries timetable, is conducive to transiting ASEAN, bypassing tariffs, bypassing other market barriers, access to concessions. At present, there are zero tariff agreements between ASEAN and Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India, and China and other countries do not have zero tariffs except New Zealand. As far as I know, Tcl has plans to explore the Indian market through ASEAN.