The Fifth Meeting of the Joint Commission of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA) was held on March 11-13 2014. Delegations from China and the 10 ASEAN countries attended the meeting. The meeting focused on the implementation of the China-ASEAN Summit and preparations to upgrade the China-ASEAN FTA negotiations. The meeting also reviewed the implementation of relevant trade agreements, and started negotiations on rules of origin, economic cooperation, customs procedures and trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and standards, technical regulations and assessment procedures.