On December 9, the inauguration ceremony of the RSU was held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, attended by Secretary General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia (the ASEAN chair of RCEP), Dr. Budi Santoso, and representatives from 15 RCEP member countries, including other ASEAN member states, Australia, China, Japan, the ROK and New Zealand.

As the non-ASEAN rotating chair of RCEP in 2024, China has worked with the ASEAN chair Indonesia in actively leading the 15 parties to establish the RSU as scheduled. The inauguration ceremony marks the start of full operation of the RSU, an important milestone in the development of RCEP mechanism, which is conducive to providing adequate secretarial and technical support for the implementation of RCEP and the operation of relevant institutions, so as to further promote the full and high-quality implementation of RCEP.