{"id":4849,"date":"2026-01-16T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youarepakistan.com.pk\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:51:20","slug":"deepening-china-asean-food-trade-brings-benefits-to-both-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youarepakistan.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/deepening-china-asean-food-trade-brings-benefits-to-both-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepening China-ASEAN food trade brings benefits to both sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Wang Donghui, People&#8217;s Daily<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of the morning, a shipment of pomelos imported from Thailand arrived at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China&#8217;s Chongqing municipality.<\/p>\n<p>Through a dedicated &#8220;green channel&#8221; for fresh produce, airport customs authorities provided 24\/7 clearance services, ensuring swift inspection and release. The fruit was delivered to the Shuangfu International Agricultural Product Trade Market in Chongqing for distribution later the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The Shuangfu International Agricultural Product Trade Market, as a key project to enrich non-staple food supply and improve local people&#8217;s livelihood in Chongqing, has grown into a major regional hub for agricultural product circulation.<\/p>\n<p>Official data show that in the first 10 months of 2025, fruit from ASEAN countries accounted for about 80 percent of the market&#8217;s total imported fruit volume, with transaction value reaching 2.5 billion yuan ($357.46 million), up more than 25 percent year on year.<\/p>\n<p>Chongqing Shanghao Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., one of the market&#8217;s leading wholesalers of imported fruit, has established its own processing facilities and supporting logistics operations in Thailand, enabling direct sourcing at origin and standardized processing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Durian, mangosteen, young coconuts and other fruit imported from ASEAN countries are very popular in the Chinese market,&#8221; said Zou Teng, the company&#8217;s general manager. &#8220;Take Thai durian as an example: in the first 10 months of 2025, our processing volume reached 2,000 containers, a year-on-year increase of 20 percent, fully meeting domestic consumer demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The accelerated and improved access of high-quality ASEAN agricultural and food products to Chinese households owes much to the institutional safeguards provided by the China-ASEAN cooperation mechanism on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5221\" src=\"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/29b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By advancing coordinated efforts in food safety, animal and plant quarantine, and capacity building, the mechanism has fostered a more convenient and secure trade environment, facilitating increased imports of ASEAN agricultural and food products.<\/p>\n<p>As ASEAN flavors make their way into China, &#8220;Chinese taste&#8221; is also reaching overseas markets. At the production facility of Chongqing Dejia Meat Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Dejia), boxes of canned pork move steadily along conveyor belts. After passing X-ray inspection, they are automatically packaged and stored, ready for export to Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>To support enterprises in opening up new markets, Chongqing customs has held multiple rounds of consultations with its Singaporean counterpart. In March 2025, Chongqing&#8217;s regulatory system for animal-derived products passed Singapore&#8217;s regional market access certification for the first time. Dejia was subsequently approved to export five categories of canned animal products to Singapore, including pork, poultry, beef, mutton and eggs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ASEAN has always been one of our key target markets,&#8221; said Wang Danyu, general manager of Dejia. &#8220;Next, we plan to participate in food exhibitions across ASEAN countries to secure more international orders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5222\" src=\"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/29c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The China-ASEAN SPS cooperation mechanism is not only a vital platform for promoting trade in agricultural and food products, but also an important bridge linking markets and improving people&#8217;s livelihoods,&#8221; said an official with China&#8217;s General Administration of Customs at the recent 9th China-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on SPS Cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN has remained China&#8217;s largest trading partner in agricultural and food products for eight consecutive years. In the first 10 months of 2025, trade in agricultural and food products between China and ASEAN reached $51.3 billion, up 8.9 percent year on year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >By Wang Donghui, People&#8217;s Daily In the early hours of the morning, a shipment of pomelos imported from Thailand arrived at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China&#8217;s Chongqing municipality. 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