Since 2006 the Chinese Government seeks to develop an economic
corridor that connects Nanning (Capital of the Guanxi Province)
with Singapore.
The Nanning (China)-Singapore Economic Corridor together with the China-ASEAN
Free Trade Area could become the pillars of China-ASEAN cooperation under a strategy called "One Axis, Two Wings" whose objective is to achieve the economic integration between China and the ASEAN.
Seven of the eleven countries in the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area are
located in the Nanning (China)-Singapore Economic Corridor: China, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, and Myanmar are not located directly in the area of influence of the Nanning (China)-Singapore
Economic Corridor, but they may gain significant advantages.
It is also known as the Indochina-China Peninsula Economic Corridor (CICPEC)
The Nanning (China)-Singapore Economic Corridor is included in the New Silk
Road.
The China-ASEAN strategy also includes:
Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Zone;
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
Main features of the Nanning (China)-Singapore Economic Corridor
Main cities connected by the Nanning (China)-Singapore Economic Corridor:
Nanning (China), Hanoi, Vientiane (Vietnam), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Bangkok (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Singapore;
Access to Guangzhou - Shenzhen, the Greater Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau;
Estimated distance: 5,000 kilometers;
Estimated time Nanning (China)-Singapore when the corridor is finished: 2 days;
Main types of transport: land (Highways), air, rail, waterways and multimodal;
Asia: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand;
Africa: Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania;
Middle East: Oman, the Emirates, and Yemen.
Asian Clearing Union (ACU):
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Myanmar, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka;
APEC:
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, South Korea,
United States, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,
México, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Singapore, Thailand,
Taiwan, Vietnam
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Trade Agreements related to the countries of the Corridor
Chinese Free Trade Agreements: the ASEAN, Singapore, Pakistan, New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, APEC, SCO, Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, the EU, Andean Community...;
ASEAN
ASEAN Free Trade Agreements: China, Canada, Australia-New Zealand, India, the EU, South Korea, Russia, the U.S., Pakistan, Japan...;
Singaporean Free Trade Agreements:
Australia, China, Jordan, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, EFTA, U.S....;
Thailand has Trade Agreements with India, the GCC, China, and New Zealand;
Indonesia has a Trade Agreement with India.
Main Asian institutions related to the Corridor
Boao Forum for Asia;
Asia Cooperation Dialogue;
ESCAP;
Asian Development Bank;
Colombo Plan.
Main Islamic institutions related to the Corridor
OCI;
Islamic Development Bank.
The main religions of the region of the Nanning (China)-Singapore Economic Corridor are: