China-ASEAN FTA, the world'slargest free trade area in termsof population took effect onJanuary 1, 2010, covering 13million square kilometers and 1.9 billionpeople. Over 90 percent of the commodi-ties traded between China and the sixoriginal ASEAN countries, includingBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philip-pines, Singapore and Thailand, now en-joy no tariffs from 2010. As a window toASEAN countries, Beibu Gulf EconomicZone is in more limelight since the newyear.