China's State Post Bureau is going to issue a set of stamps
marking the 15th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue
between China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN).
The set, containing one stamp valued at 80 cents, will be issued
along with first-day covers on Oct. 30.
According to official Chinese statistics, trade between China
and ASEAN rose to 130.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2005, up 23.1
percent on a year-on-year basis.
By 2010, China and six ASEAN member nations -- Brunei,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand --
will impose zero tariffs on most normal products, while China and
the other four ASEAN members -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
-- will do the same in 2015.
A summit will be held on Oct. 30 to 31 in Nanning, capital of
South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to commemorate the
15th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN dialogue.
The third China-ASEAN Expo, as well as the third China-ASEAN
Business and Investment Summit, will be held on the sidelines of
the commemorative summit.
(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2006)