On December 15, 2021, the 13th China-ASEAN Think Tank Strategic Dialogue Forum was held in Nanning, Guangxi. The forum was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Counselor's Office of the State Council, and the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Xu Ningning, Executive President of the China-ASEAN Business Council and Chairman of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee, was invited to preside over the keynote speech of the first session of the forum; in the second session, he delivered a keynote speech on how to build the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 and How to build RCEP  and seize RCEP opportunities brought to China and ASEAN; during the forum, Mr.Xu accepted a joint media interview.