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Anutin Pledges Full Backing for Chinese Investment as Thailand-China Expo Opens in Bangkok
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The PM tells business leaders Thailand will stake its "own head" on investor safety, as China's chargé d'affaires calls for a friendship as sweet as an old Chinese love song.
Key facts
- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul used the opening of the Thailand-China Cooperation Expo 2026 on Wednesday to deliver an unusually forceful endorsement of Chinese investment, promising bureaucratic shake-ups, personal guarantees of
- The Thailand-China Cooperation Expo 2026 runs from 22 to 25 July at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani.
- 270 companies, 670 booths, and a robotics showcase
- This year's expo has drawn more than 270 Thai and Chinese companies exhibiting across some 670 booths
Summary
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul used the opening of the Thailand-China Cooperation Expo 2026 on Wednesday to deliver an unusually forceful endorsement of Chinese investment, promising bureaucratic shake-ups, personal guarantees of investor security, and warning officials who slow down approvals that they would face consequences.
Speaking at Challenger Hall, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, where the four-day expo opened its second edition under the theme "Investing for the Future, Growing Together", Anutin told an audience of Thai and Chinese business leaders that closer economic ties with China were not merely desirable but unavoidable for Thailand's future.