On 23 October 2015, Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with U Aung Lynn, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and other 20 representatives from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism, and Yangon College of Economy in Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar.
Secretary-General Yang said that China and Myanmar shared a long tradition of "compatriot friendship". The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership remained a fast growth momentum, and China had become the largest trade partner of Myanmar. Myanmar had been an important Member State of ASEAN, and when it served as the rotate Chair of ASEAN in 2014, it did much work and played an important role in promoting ASEAN-China relations. In order to celebrate the ASEAN-China Cultural Exchange Year, Myanmar held a series of colorful activities, further promoting the mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples, and expanded the pragmatic cooperation.
Secretary-General Yang introduced the duties of ACC and expressed that ACC, as the only inter-governmental organization between ASEAN and China, was dedicated to implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of both sides. Since its establishment, the Center had completed more than 70 projects, organized and participated in nearly 400 activities. The year 2016 was the upcoming 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue partnership as well as the Year of ASEAN-China Education Exchange. ACC was ready to take this opportunity to work closely with Myanmar government to participate in the commemoration activities and to promote cooperation in economic and trade, education, culture and tourism, etc. ACC would also organize interviews between China and ASEAN presses and lay a solid foundation for the healthy and sustainable development of Myanmar-China bilateral relations and ASEAN-China relations.
On behalf of Myanmar government, Permanent Secretary U Aung Lynn applauded ACC for its efficient work in promoting ASEAN-China and Myanmar-China friendly cooperation, and looked forward to the development of Myanmar-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Myanmar side spoke highly of ACC for bringing Chinese entrepreneur delegation to Myanmar to promote economic and trade activities. This kind of activities would help enterprises from both sides to know each other better and find business opportunities. He also looked forward to more mutual visits between Myanmar and Chinese enterprises. Small and medium-sized enterprises serve as pillars to Myanmar economy, and he hopes to strengthen capacity building of Myanmar small and medium-sized enterprises, especially grass-root enterprises. He also stressed on the importance of improving economic and technical cooperation in agriculture, connectivity and tourism, and of enhancing cultural, education, youth and people-to-people exchanges. The relevant Ministries of Myanmar were enthusiastic in enhancing communication and cooperation with ACC, and looking forward to ACC's newer and bigger contribution to elevating the Myanmar-China and ASEAN-China relations to a higher stage.
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