[The 25th China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Ministers' Meeting was held in Manila, Philippines] September 22. On September 21, the 25th China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Ministers' Meeting was held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, which holds the rotating chair of ASEAN. Vice Minister of Commerce Yan Dong and Philippine Minister of Trade and Industry Roque co-chaired the meeting. The heads of economic and trade departments of ASEAN countries and the Secretary-General of ASEAN attended the meeting. The meeting had an in-depth exchange of views on the global and regional economic situation, the development direction of China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation, and the construction of free trade areas, and reached broad consensus. Yan Dong said that under the strategic guidance of leaders from both sides, China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation has continued to achieve new results. China and ASEAN have similar development concepts and integrated economic and trade interests. China's economic development will continue to bring "China Opportunity 2.0" to ASEAN. China is willing to continue to adhere to open cooperation with ASEAN, work together to deal with unilateralism and protectionism, and jointly expand the innovative development of digital economy and green trade investment. ASEAN stated that China has remained ASEAN's largest trading partner for 17 consecutive years and is also ASEAN's third largest source of foreign investment. It is willing to build a closer and pragmatic economic partnership with China. The ASEAN side spoke highly of the positive role of the "Work Plan on Further Deepening China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Cooperation (2022-2026)" in promoting practical economic and trade cooperation between the two sides, welcomed the progress in the approval of the "China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Version 3.0 Upgrade Protocol", and looked forward to the early entry into force of the protocol. Both sides agreed that we should continue to advance the economic integration process on the basis of existing results, promote inclusive growth, further tighten the ties of economic and trade cooperation, and jointly promote regional prosperity and development.