The Development Characteristics of Pacific Rim Regional Economic Cooperation and the Conception of China's Participation in Cooperation

Abstract

The two trends of economic development in the Pacific Rim have been the major issues that neighboring countries have paid close attention to for a long time to promote and develop economic cooperation in the Pacific Rim. Japan is the initiator and enthusiastic promoter of this cooperation. It has been nearly 25 years since Professor Kiyo Kojima of Hitotsubashi University put forward the idea of "Pacific Free Trade Area" in 1965. During this period, various cooperation ideas have been put forward, and the cooperation form has been promoted. At the same time, people can see two interesting phenomena.