Despite the effects of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the China-South Asia Expo has made progress toward its goal of promoting trade and investment cooperation between China and Southeast Asia.
Some 170 investment projects worth over 40 billion yuan, or $5.6 billion, have been signed at the sixth China-South Asia Exposition underway in Kunming, provincial capital of southwest China's Yunnan.
The expo, held both physically and virtually, comes following the recent conclusion of high-level meetings in the region, from the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh to the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok. Laos is the country of honor this year.