The Thailand-China Cooperation Expo 2025 was held in Bangkok from Friday to Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, highlighting extensive joint efforts in economy and trade, investment, education and employment.
Jointly organized by the Thai-Chinese Trade Mechanism, under the theme "Marching Towards Shared Prosperity," the event gathered over 200 enterprises from both countries, featuring 1,200 booths across an exhibition area of over 25,000 square meters.
The organizer said the expo was designed to foster tangible business connections through a supply chain forum and dedicated business matching sessions, focusing on high-potential, future-forward industries like new energy vehicles, green energy, digital platforms, and innovative agri-food technologies.
In his keynote address, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul emphasized that Thailand and China have laid a strong foundation of collaboration over the past half-century in all dimensions, paving the way for even greater opportunities going forward.
Anutin outlined five key areas of future cooperation, ranging from infrastructure and logistics links, such as the high-speed rail project connecting with China, to green economy and clean energy, digital innovation, agriculture and food security, and expanded people-to-people exchanges.
Thailand is committed to becoming a regional hub for trade, investment, and innovation, pledging closer collaboration with China while easing regulatory barriers and improving the business climate to support private-sector growth, he noted.
"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China. Over the past half century, Thailand and China have jointly established a solid foundation for cooperation in various fields, including economy and trade, investment and people-to-people exchanges. Looking ahead, I am confident that this foundation will lead us toward new and lasting opportunities," he said.
Expo held to celebrate 50-year Thailand-China ties
Expo held to celebrate 50-year Thailand-China ties
Tokyo stocks ended lower Monday, with the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average falling around 1 percent, amid concern that the surging yen could disrupt companies' business outlooks, said an analyst.
The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 607.12 points, or 0.94 percent, from Friday at 63,754.90.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 43.27 points, or 1.08 percent, lower at 3,960.03.
The Japanese yen rose sharply on Monday, briefly surging to the lower 155 yen range against the U.S. dollar, after Japan confirmed joint currency market intervention with the United States and possible further intervention.
The U.S. dollar fetched 156.76-78 yen after briefly hitting 155.20 yen, compared with 157.33-43 yen in New York and 160.20-22 yen in Tokyo at 17:00 local time Friday.
"Over in Tokyo, the big story was of course the rare joint action by Japan and the U.S. to support the yen, which had been trading near 40-year lows in recent weeks. Japan's finance ministry confirmed that coordinated intervention today and said the two countries are prepared to act on that again. The yen rose as much as 1.4 percent at one stage and the Nikkei 225 fell around 1 percent. The stronger currency was weighing on exporters. There we had Suzuki Motor down 6.7 percent. Many Japanese-listed companies earn a substantial share of their revenues overseas, and a stronger yen reduces the value of those earnings when they are translated back into the Japanese currency. AI-linked stocks also weighed on the market, with the chip-testing-equipment maker Advantest down 3.3 percent," said Timothy Pope, a Shanghai-based market analyst for China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Pope said that in the rest of the week, investors are going to watch closely the earning reports to be released by the major companies.
"Tokyo has some major earnings to watch this week as well. So, we will be following Toyota, Nintendo and SoftBank -- all of them are due to report. SoftBank's results will be watched particularly closely for further clues about the returns, the risks as well as all of those associated with the enormous sums being invested in AI at the moment," said Pope.
Tokyo stocks end lower Monday on stronger yen: analyst
