In addition to establishing a special exhibition zone for the Southern Transport Corridor, the expo will host a series of promotional events, and economic and trade exchange activities focusing on the design and development of the corridor, helping participants reach more consensus on its development.

"The corridor helps shorten the distance and saves time in shipping goods from the western region to Southeast Asia. More importantly, it helps expand the economic and trade exchanges with ASEAN countries, promote the western region's opening up and development," said Wang Lei, director of Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau.

"As an international economic and trade conference jointly hosted by China and ASEAN countries, the expo provides such an optimal platform for cooperation," he added.

"After 14 years' successful hosting of the expo, a sound working mechanism and channels of cooperation have been formed. The expo allows the western region better cooperation with ASEAN countries in an all-round way," he added.

During the expo last year, a symposium on cold chain logistics was held, which played a positive role in promoting the development of cold chain logistics in the corridor.

"This year, we will continue to give full play to the expo's resource-gathering advantages, and establish more mechanisms in the areas such as customs, logistics and quality control. These will provide solutions to the problems arising in the construction of the Southern Transport Corridor," Wang said.