About ASEAN+3
ASEAN Plus Three (APT) consist of ten ASEAN Member States and the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The APT Cooperation process began in December 1997 and since than has evolve as the main vehicle to promote East Asian Cooperation towards the long-term goal of building an East Asian Community, with ASEAN as the driving force. The APT has become one of the most comprehensive cooperation frameworks in the region, and APT cooperation continue to be broadened and deepened in a wide range of areas, including political-security, trade and investment, finance, energy, tourism, agriculture and forestry, environment, education, health, culture and arts, etc, among others. The APT also supports the implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
US$ 32.65 billion Foreign direct investment inflow from Plus Three countries (25.4% of total FDI inflows into ASEAN)
US$ 1.098 trillion Total ASEAN trade with Plus Three countries (25.1% increase in 2021)
2,103.4 Population in Million
7.056,1 GDP per capita in US dollars
14.841,7 Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices (in US$ billion)
Resources
Work Plans and Plans of Action
Agreements and Declarations
- ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve Agreement, 7 October 2011, Jakarta
- Luang Prabang Joint Declaration on ASEAN Plus Three Civil Service Cooperation, 29 October 2010, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
- Beijing Declaration on Revitalising Tourism for ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea, 9 August 2003, Beijing
- Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN+3 Finance Cooperation Fund
Summit Level Statements
- Chairman’s Statement of The 25th ASEAN Plus Three Summit
- Chairman’s Statement of the 24th ASEAN Plus Three Summit
- ASEAN Plus Three Leaders’ Statement on Cooperation on Mental Health Amongst Adolescents and Young Children
- Chairman’s Statement of the 23rd ASEAN Plus Three Summit
- ASEAN Plus Three Leaders’ Statement on Strengthening ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation for Economic and Financial Resilience in the Face of Emerging Challenges