A fashion show is held during the Guangxi ASEAN International Textile Clothing Industry Expo 2023 in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 17, 2023. [Photo/VCG]

Given the city's role as a frontier and important window for China's exchanges and cooperation with countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has been strenuously advancing high-quality development of an "ASEAN-oriented" metropolis, according to a press conference on April 18, 2023.