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经济学家指出，尽管新冠肺炎疫情仍有不确定性，但中国的经济复苏将惠及东盟成员国。商务部数据显示，在2020年第一季度，东盟取代欧盟成为中国最大的贸易伙伴。 A ship unloaded 565 tons of dragon fruit imported from Vietnam at the Dalian container terminal in Dalian, Liaoning province, on April 27, 2020. [Photo by Yu Xinwen/for chinadaily.com.cn] China's economic recovery is set to benefit member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), even amid continuing uncertainty over COVID-19, a leading Asian economist said. 亚洲一位知名经济学家说，尽管新冠肺炎疫情仍存在不确定性，但中国的经济复苏将惠及东南亚国家联盟"China is an important economic partner of ASEAN, and at a time when the developed economies are suffering from a sharp downturn, China is the only large source of demand that could still be growing," said Manu Bhaskaran, founding director and CEO of Centennial Asia Advisors, an economic consultancy in Singapore. 新加坡经济咨询机构百年亚洲咨询公司的创始董事兼首席执行官马努·巴斯卡兰说：“中国是东盟重要的经济伙伴。在发达经济体经济遭受重创之际，中国是唯一的巨大需求China has been ASEAN's largest trading partner for 10 years, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2020, ASEAN replaced the European Union as China's largest trading partner, accounting for 15.1 percent of the nation's global trade volume during the period, according to the General Administration of Customs. | 
