作为北京会议的一项标志性成果,亚太自贸区进程成功启动并有序推进。在中美共同牵头、APEC所有成员参与下,亚太自贸区联合战略研究已经起步,目前已进入研究报告实质性撰写阶段。此项工作将评估亚太自贸区潜在影响和效益,分析其实现的可能路径等,并将在2016年底前向领导人提交报告,同时提出务实建议。APEC各经济体还通过举办自贸区政策对话、信息交流等活动,加强自贸区能力建设,进一步凝聚亚太自贸区共识。建设亚太自贸区是应对贸易安排面条碗效应和碎片化风险的重要手段,我们有信心将其打造成茂物目标之后亚太区域经济合作新的旗帜。
As the landmark achievement of the Beijing AELM, the FTAAP process was successfully kicked off and is being advanced in an orderly way. The Collective Strategic Study on FTAAP, led by China and the United States and with participation of all APEC economies, has been started and is currently in the phase of substantive drafting. This Study will assess the potential impact and benefit of FTAAP, analyze possible pathways for its realization and be submitted to the leaders by the end of 2016 along with any recommendations. Efforts were also made by economies to promote policy dialogues, experience sharing with a view to addressing capacity building needs and consolidate consensus over FTAAP process. The FTAAP is an important way to address the "spaghetti bowl effect" and fragmentation risk caused by various regional trade arrangements. We have every confidence to make the FTAAP another grand goal leading Asia-Pacific economic cooperation after the Bogor Goals.
北京会议通过了《APEC互联互通蓝图(2015-2025)》,确立了未来十年实现无缝、全面联结和融合亚太的愿景目标。中国已经向APEC秘书处提交了蓝图落实进展的2015年年度报告。在更大范围内,中国与亚太伙伴密切协作,以"一带一路"建设为契机,深入推进政策沟通、设施联通、贸易畅通、资金融通和民心相通。作为早期收获,一批经贸、投资、产业、能源、金融项目初具雏形。跨境公路、铁路、通讯网络等基础设施重点工程进展顺利。亚洲基础设施投资银行协定签署国已达54个,即将正式运营。2015年上半年,中国与"一带一路"沿线经济体双边贸易总额达4853.7亿美元,百姓消费选择不断丰富。经各经济体间密集磋商、积极协调,自2015年9月1日起,商务人士的"外交护照"——APEC商务旅行卡有效期由3年延长至5年,商务人士一次申请成功后可在更长时间内享有APEC经济体免签待遇和快速通关便利,人员跨境流动更加便利。
The Beijing AELM adopted the APEC Connectivity Blueprint for 2015-2025 and set the vision and goals in the next ten years for a seamless and comprehensively connected and integrated Asia-Pacific. China has submitted to the APEC Secretariat a report on the implementation of the blueprint in 2015. China worked closely with Asia-Pacific partners in a wider scope to take advantage of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative and further promoted policy coordination, facilities connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people to people bond. A number of trade, investment, industrial, energy and financial projects have taken shape as "early harvest". Good progress has been made in key infrastructure projects such as cross-border roads, railways and telecommunications networks. Fifty-four countries have signed the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which will soon start its operation. In the first half of 2015, two-way trade between China and the economies along the "Belt and Road" totaled US$485.37 billion, enabling people in these countries to have a more diversified choice of consumer products. The APEC Business Travel Card, also known as the "diplomatic passport for business people", has had its validity extended from 3 to 5 years starting from 1 September 2015. Business people can enjoy visa-free treatment and fast-track immigration clearance within APEC economies for a longer period of time once their application is approved, thus greatly facilitating cross-border personnel movement.