In May 2026, the dividends of the RCEP agreement will continue to be deeply released. As an important inland open highland of the country, Chongqing is positioned as an important hub of the Western Land Sea New Corridor and continues to deepen economic and trade exchanges with RCEP member countries. In the past three years, Chongqing's economic and trade cooperation with RCEP member countries has steadily expanded, and ASEAN has always been Chongqing's largest trading partner. The two-way investment heat has not decreased, and the city's level of opening up to the outside world has steadily improved.

Both quantity and quality of economic and trade cooperation have improved

From 2023 to 2025, Chongqing will maintain steady growth in imports and exports to RCEP member countries. Chongqing's automobile and motorcycle vehicles, components, intelligent terminals, and new energy products continue to sell well in ASEAN. ASEAN tropical fruits and vegetables, rubber, palm oil, and other bulk commodities are steadily entering Chongqing. Economic and trade ties with Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore are becoming increasingly close. Singapore, South Korea, and Japan continue to increase their investment in Chongqing, covering key areas such as advanced manufacturing, electronic information, and modern logistics.

Chongqing enterprises expand into three major areas for overseas expansion

Local enterprises in Chongqing are steadily accelerating their overseas layout, focusing on the three major fields of industry, agriculture, and services. Automobile and motorcycle, intelligent equipment, and new energy enterprises are building vehicle and component production bases in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. The agricultural sector is laying out fruit and vegetable cultivation, aquaculture, and deep processing projects in ASEAN. The service industry has established overseas warehouses and distribution centers in Singapore and Malaysia, and cross-border e-commerce and digital services are rapidly rising.Keywords:port logistics、Engineering infrastructure

Leading the benchmark of China Singapore cooperation

The China Singapore Chongqing Strategic Interconnection Demonstration Project is a landmark project of RCEP inland open cooperation, focusing on four major fields: finance, aviation, logistics, and information and communication. In the past two years, both sides have focused on improving connectivity, digital innovation, and green development, and have continued to make efforts to promote the digital upgrading of the land sea new channel. All districts and counties in the city have formed a coordinated and open pattern, with the central urban area strengthening its port hub, the northeast of Chongqing promoting the export of agricultural products, and the western part of Chongqing connecting with high-end technologies from Japan and South Korea.Editor/Gao Xue