On November 12, the 2025 China (Chongqing)-ASEAN Logistics Industry Cooperation Conference, jointly organized by the Municipal Government Port and Logistics Office, the Banan District Government, and the RCEP Industrial Cooperation Committee, was held in Chongqing. During the conference, focusing on economic and trade cooperation in the food and agricultural products sector, efforts were made to promote the implementation and transformation of the food and agricultural products industry, precisely connect domestic and foreign enterprises, resulting in a total of 21 cooperation agreements being reached.
These cooperation projects cover the entire supply chain links of ASEAN agricultural product planting, cross-border transportation, port distribution, processing and packaging, and marketing. They include the Chongqing Highway Logistics Base ASEAN Agricultural Products Distribution Center, Chongqing Fo’er Yan Port International Bulk Trade, the “Chongqing Vehicles Going Global” service cooperation of the Chongqing RCEP Investment and Trade Service Center, and the international industry-university-research collaboration between Chongqing Public Transport Vocational College and other institutions.
In terms of food and agricultural product trade and supply chain coordination, import and processing cooperation for products such as Malaysian Nanyang specialty seafood, Indonesian frozen seafood and civet coffee, ASEAN coconuts, Chilean cherries, and Brazilian soybeans were reached, supporting the market development and operation of the Chongqing Xinfadi ASEAN International Food Industry Park.
Xu Ningning, Chairman of the RCEP Industrial Cooperation Committee, stated at the meeting that China and ASEAN are connected by mountains and rivers, with a long history of economic and trade exchanges. Under the RCEP framework, both sides have broad prospects for cooperation, and he called on all parties to jointly promote the integration of regional industrial and supply chains. Rodolfo, Undersecretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, and Heng Nan, Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport, as representatives of ASEAN countries, also expressed strong willingness and expectations to strengthen cooperation with China, particularly with Chongqing, in logistics channel construction and industrial coordination.
Banan, as the starting point of the Cross-Border Highway Freight Service of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC), is one of the important windows for Chongqing’s opening-up. Since its launch in 2016, the Cross-Border Highway Freight Service has accumulated approximately 35,000 dispatches, with a total cargo value of about 30 billion yuan. From January to October this year, the Cross-Border Highway Freight Service of the ILSTC dispatched over 11,000 vehicles, with a cargo value exceeding 15 billion yuan, representing year-on-year increases of 2 times and 4.5 times respectively, indicating a significant improvement in corridor efficiency.
The signed Chongqing Xinfadi ASEAN Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. is located in the Chongqing Highway Logistics Base and is currently building the ASEAN International Food Industry Park, which is expected to officially open next year. The company’s chairman, Zhang Yuelin, said that the park will be built into a comprehensive wholesale market, both radiating ASEAN agricultural products to the whole country through Chongqing and promoting the export of domestic high-quality products to ASEAN, achieving two-way circulation. (New Chongqing – Chongqing Daily reporter Li Yuanyuan)
