Live stream talk staged at CICPE, focusing on China-Thailand cooperation

The 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) opens in Haikou, south China's Hainan province. Xinhua photo

Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia staged a live stream English talk on July 27, during the ongoing second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, south China's Hainan province.

Inviting in diplomat, IR scholar and journalists from Yunnan, Hainan and Thailand, the online talk focused on new cooperation possibilities in the China-Thailand field of consumption.

Jerry Wang (R) with Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia talks with Oranuch Wannapinyo (L) at the expo venue. Photo provided to Yunnan Gateway  

Oranuch Wannapinyo, commercial consul of Royal Thai Consulate-General in Guangzhou, said Thai businesses brought durian masks, essential oil and more to the CICPE, expecting Chinese consumers to know more about Thai cosmetics.

When it came to the RCEP pact and China-Laos railway, Oranuch believed that these infrastructures would boost China-Thailand trade, especially the trade between Yunnan, Hainan and Thailand.

Jerry Wang (R) with Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia talks with Olga Sapunova (C) at the expo venue. Photo provided to Yunnan Gateway

Olga Sapunova, an international communication officer with Hainan International Media Center, visited Thailand and Yunnan many times.

In Olga’s eyes, Yunnan features diverse ethnic cultures and pristine landscapes, and she hoped the beautiful province to be known to more tourists.

Muangphum shares his idea in Thailand via the Tencent Meeting app. A screen clip  

Muangphum Harnsiripetch, a PhD candidate majoring international relations at Nanjing University, also a social influencer in Thailand, was quite optimistic about the funding stones and future trends in China-Thailand consumption.

“The CICPE in Hainan is good for Thai businesses to know about the consumer market in China, and thus conducive to bilateral trade and economic recovery in the two countries,” said Muangphum.

Ziyu presents a Thai specialty at a Yunnan store to audience online. A screen clip  

During the live stream, Liu Ziyu, a journalist with Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia, visited a Thai specialty store in downtown Kunming.

The store assistant said the boss chose Yunnan as a destination for business because of the geographic proximity and food-cultural similarity, both contributing factors to the thriving Thai business in China.

Jerry Wang (R) with Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia talks with Oranuch Wannapinyo (L) and Olga Sapunova (C) at the expo venue. Photo provided to Yunnan Gateway

Reporting by Mo Yingyi, Wang Jingzhong and Han Chengyuan (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue