ACC Secretary-General Met with Chinese Ambassador to Thailand

On 12 December 2015, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with H.E. Mr. Ning Fukui, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Kingdom of Thailand. Mr. Chen Jiang, Culture Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Thailand, Mr. Sun Jianhua, Deputy Director of Education, Culture and Tourism Division (ECTD) of ACC, also attended the meeting.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping highly commended the Embassy’s relentless efforts and contribution in promoting China-Thailand relations and ASEAN-China relations, and briefed on ACC’s mandates and recent work. She said that ACC had been actively implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of China and ASEAN and pushing forward practical cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, education, culture and tourism since its establishment. The Chairman’s Statement of the 18th ASEAN-China Summit appreciated ACC’s continued efforts in promoting practical cooperation between the two sides. ACC paid high attention to people-to-people exchanges with Thailand and other ASEAN Member States, and would take the opportunity of attending the celebration of the “Thailand-China Culture and Tourism Motorcade Tour” in Bangkok to strengthen communication with the Chinese Embassy to Thailand, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai-China Culture and Friendship Council and other organizations in Thailand to jointly promote practical cooperation between China and Thailand and contribute to the welfare of the two peoples.

Ambassador Ning Fukui spoke highly of ACC’s achievements in the years. As an important Member State of ASEAN, Thailand had made great contribution to the overall friendly cooperation between ASEAN and China during its role as the country coordinator of ASEAN-China relations. The year of 2015 is the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand. The year of 2016 would be the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations, as well as the Year of ASEAN-China Educational Exchange. The Chinese Embassy would like to further enhance contacts with ACC and explore future ways of cooperation, so as to promote the cooperation on education, culture and tourism between China and Thailand to achieve new progress.