On July 22, China (Hubei) Pilot Free Trade Zone－ASEAN Investment and Trade Conference was heldvia a video link and Yichang Area set its parallel sessionat Angel Yeast Co., Ltd.

　　At the conference, head of the Yichang Area promoted the industrial development plans, policies and investment projects from the perspectives of Yichang Area being a traffic hub, a hot spot for reform and innovation, an ideal place with good business environmentandopen development and an industrial cluster. And he also signed cooperation memorandumswith the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Thai Food Processors Association.

　　"How to solve the problems of scattered orders and small transaction amounts in ASEAN due to insufficient connectionwith related associations?" Yichang Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. communicated with the ASEAN partyon investment in and export toASEAN. Representatives of the ASEAN Chamber of Commerce stated that the China-ASEAN Project Cooperation Committee will be established to help companies better conduct business in ASEAN countries.

　　In recent years, Yichang Area has signed cooperation memorandumswith Bahadal in Ethiopia and the Eastern Gate Special Economic Zone in Kazakhstan respectively.