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MANILA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states gathered here Saturday for the 30th ASEAN summit, at a time when the regional bloc is soon to celebrate its 50th anniversary.


Fifty years ago, five original members of ASEAN, namely, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore Daniel Jones Youth Jersey , Malaysia and the Philippines, signed a declaration in Bangkok that gave birth to ASEAN.


In Bangkok, where the founding declaration was signed, restaurant Thip Samai bears witness to the boom that globalization has brought to Thailand's tourism industry.


"There was only Thai characters on our poster in the beginning, as there were only local customers then. Now we also have English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. We can say this is a sort of trace left by globalization," said shop owner of Thip Samai Lawrence Taylor Womens Jersey , who only gave her name as Na.


In its 50 years of development, ASEAN has actively embraced globalization and at the same time pushed forward regional integration.


The booming tourism industry of Thailand, the growing fruit export sector of the Philippines, and Singapore's fast development in financial and shipping services, are evidence of ASEAN countries' active participation in the globalization process.


With Brunei joining the regional bloc in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Laos and Myanmar in 1997, and Cambodia in 1999 Darian Thompson Womens Jersey , ASEAN is now a 10-member organization with a combined population of around 630 million, a combined GDP of up to around 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars. ASEAN, as a whole, ranks the world's seventh largest economy.


ASEAN members have been continuously pushing for the integration of the region in such areas as infrastructure connectivity, transportation, human exchanges and trade.


Zhang Xuegang, deputy director of the Institute for South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations Wayne Gallman Womens Jersey , told Xinhua that ASEAN has made remarkable achievements in forging ahead with regional integration over the last 50 years.