On 15 August 2014, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) organized a tour for Ambassadors of ASEAN Commitee in Beijing (ACB) to SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Mr. Tang Xiuguo, President of SANY Group, met with ACC Secretary-General Ma Mingqiang, ASEAN Ambassadors and representatives. President Tang briefed on the company's history, R&D strength and its recent development in ASEAN. He said that ASEAN has become the fastest growing market for SANY and SANY set up several industrial parks in some ASEAN countries, which have contributed to the development of local economies. SANY is looking forward to further cooperating with ACB in order to expand its presence in Southeast Asia.
Secretary-General Ma mentioned that as the only inter-governmental organization between ASEAN and China, ACC has made consistent efforts to push forward various cooperations between the two sides. After experiencing a golden decade of development, ASEAN-China strategic partnership has entered a new stage of development that features even deeper and more substantive cooperation. ACC hopes SANY Group would successfully expand its ASEAN market and make greater contributions to further enhancing ASEAN-China relations of good-neighborliness, friendship and mutual benefit. ACC would like to facilitate and support SANY’s cooperation with ASEAN partners.
ACB members expressed their gratitude to ACC for organizing this tour and applauded SANY's hospitality. They said ASEAN and China have carried out all-rounded cooperation and made remarkable achievements since the establishment of strategic relations. They also noted that this meaningful tour helped deepen their understanding of Chinese economic and technical development. They hoped to see more SANY investment in their respective countries and were willing to render any neccessary assistance to SANY as it further explores the ASEAN market.
Before the meeting, Secretary-General Ma, ASEAN Ambassadors and representatives visited SANY Nankou Industrial Park located inside SANY.