ACC Secretary-General Met with Secretary of CPC Kunming Municipal Committee

On 25 October 2015, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with Secretary of CPC Kunming Municipal Committee Mr. Cheng Lianyuan in Kunming, Yunnan Province. Mr. Liu Wenwei, Secretary-General of CPC Kunming Municipal Committee, Mr. Guan Qinghua, Vice Mayor of Kunming and Mr. Zhang Xiaoming, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Kunming were present at the meeting.

Secretary-General Yang briefed on ACC’s mandate, highlighting that ACC was dedicated to implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of ASEAN and China, supporting the ASEAN Community building and promoting ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership. ACC, since its inception, had actively promoted functional cooperation in priority areas of trade, investment, education, culture and tourism, and enhanced mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples through media and public relations activities. 2016 would mark the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations, as well as the Year of ASEAN-China Education Exchange. Kunming enjoyed advantageous location and good basis for opening up. ACC stood ready to provide platform and service to boost exchanges and cooperation between Kunming and ASEAN Member States.

Party Secretary Cheng Lianyuan expressed that Kunming, located in the converging areas of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (CAFTA) and Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), had played an important role in opening up to South Asia and Southeast Asia. Kunming, giving full play to its own advantages, would try to forge closer economic ties with South Asian and Southeast Asian countries, expand sister city cooperation, deepen functional cooperation in science and technology, education, culture, tourism and other areas. ACC, as the only inter-governmental organization between ASEAN and China, had achieved substantial progress in enhancing friendly cooperation between ASEAN and China. The Kunming Government expected to further strengthen cooperation with ACC, and wished to get ACC’s continued support in the future work.