ACC Secretary-General Met with Consuls-General of ASEAN Member States in Kunming

On 30 November 2015, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with Malaysian Consul-General Mr. Nasri Rahman, Cambodian Consul-General Mr. Sao Khoradin, Myanmar Consul-General Mr. Aung Kyaw Oo, Vietnamese Consul-General Mr. Nguyen Si Hong and Lao Vice Consul Mr. Pongdong Paxaphacdy in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping said that ACC would held the 5th Joint Council (JC) Meeting of ACC on 2 December 2015. ACC expected to use this opportunity to enhance communication with the Consulates-General of ASEAN Member States in Kunming, listen to the views and suggestions, as well as extend the New Year greetings. Secretary-General Yang briefed on ACC’s mandate and efforts to enhance ASEAN-China functional cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture and tourism.

Secretary-General Yang highlighted that ASEAN-China cooperation embraced broad prospects. The 18th ASEAN-China Summit held in November in Kuala Lumpur reached important consensus on further deepening ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership, including boosting cooperation in trade, connectivity, production capacity and people-to-people exchanges, and holding a series of commemorative activities to commemorate the 25th  anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations. In the new situation, ACC would continue to work hard, make innovative efforts and strive to play a bigger role in deepening ASEAN-China cooperation. Enhancing cooperation among the local governments of ASEAN and China was significant to the development of ASEAN-China relations. Consulates-General of ASEAN Member States shouldered important mission in this regard and had done tremendous work. ACC hoped to get continued support from the Consulates-General, and join hands to enhance the friendly exchanges and functional cooperation between Yunnan Province, relevant cities in the Province and ASEAN.

The Consuls-General expressed appreciation to Secretary-General Yang for arranging the meeting, and commended ACC’s contribution to promote ASEAN-China cooperation. They briefly introduced cooperation between respective ASEAN countries with Yunnan, noting that the local government of Yunnan had rendered strong support and help to the work of the Consulates-General. Not long ago, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Jinghong, Yunnan Province, which brought about new opportunities to ASEAN-China cooperation. They expected to work together with the local government of Yunnan to boost economic cooperation particularly in the trading of agricultural products, enhance connectivity and tourism, as well as hold more people-to-people exchanges activities, with a view to enhancing mutual understanding and friendship. The Consulates-General expected to maintain close contact with ACC and make new joint contribution to push forward ASEAN-China functional cooperation.