Vice Governor of Yunnan Province Met with Representatives Attending the 5th Meeting of the JC of ACC

On 3 December 2015, Mr. Liu Huiyan, Vice Governor of Yunnan Province met with the representatives who attended the 5th Meeting of the Joint Council (JC) of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) in Kunming, Yunnan Province. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, ACC Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. Rahmat Pramono, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to ASEAN, H.E. Mr. Min Lwin, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to ASEAN, H.E. Ms. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN, H.E. Mr. Tan Hung Seng, Permanent Representative of Singapore to ASEAN, H.E. Mr. Nguyen Hoanh Nam, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to ASEAN, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, attended the meeting. Mr. Li Jiming, Vice Sercetary-General of the Provincial Government of Yunnan, Mr. Xia Jianfeng, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan Province, Mr. Guan Qinghua, Vice Mayor of Kunming, and Mr. Li Bingze, Vice Chancellor of Yunnan Minzu University, were present at the meeting.

Vice Governor Liu Huiyan extended a warm welcome to the representatives who attended the 5th JC Meeting of ACC to Yunnan Province. He briefed the guests on the latest development of Yunnan Province, saying that Yunnan not only enjoyed the advantage of geographical contiguity with ASEAN countries, it had also long benefited from the historical friendship and close cooperation with relevant ASEAN countries. The ground-breaking of the China-Laos railway project and the oncoming of the China-Thailand railway project which would eventually extend to Singapore both marked the substantial progress made in the ASEAN-China connectivity. Yunnan Province strongly looked forward to strengthening exchanges and enhancing mutual understanding and friendship with ASEAN countries, aiming at more effective cooperation between both sides.

H.E. Mr. Tan Hung Seng, Permanent Representative of Singapore to ASEAN, extended his thanks to the Provincial Government of Yunnan on behalf of the JC members, expressing that the adjacency between the three ASEAN countries, i.e. Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam, and Yunnan Province, as well as the consanguinity among the inhabitants of the region had given rise to long-standing people-to-people exchanges. The construction of the Trans-Asian Railway would give another boost to the economic development and cooperation in the areas along the line. He hoped to see the ever deepening and expansion of the exchanges and cooperation between ASEAN and Yunnan Province.

On the same day, the ASEAN delegation also visited the Stone Forest, a World Natural Heritage site, and Huaneng Shilin Solar Station, the second largest solar power station in terms of installed capacity in Asia. During the discussion with the management of Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Inc., holding company of Huaneng Shilin Solar Station, H.E. Mr. Nguyen Hoanh Nam, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to ASEAN said that Huaneng Shilin Solar Station, a leader in its photovoltaic technology, was welcomed to establish and strengthen links with the relevant enterprises in ASEAN countries to seek more opportunities of cooperation in the area of clean energy.