Vice President of China Public Diplomacy Association Visited ACC

On 15 January 2016, Mr. Hu Zhengyue, Vice President of the China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA), visited the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC).

ACC Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping accompanied Vice President Hu Zhengyue to tour the photo exhibition on the development of ACC, and exchanged views on strengthening cooperation between the two organizations.

Vice President Hu Zhengyue commended ACC’s positive contributions to promote ASEAN-China functional cooperation. He said that CPDA had, since its establishment at the end of 2012, carried out a series of activities to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between China and the rest of the world by mobilizing and coordinating social resources, and making full use of people-to-people channels. 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations. CPDA wished to strengthen contacts with ACC, make joint efforts to organize diversified public diplomacy activities and make new contributions to deepen the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and China.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping expressed sincere thanks to CPDA for its great support to ACC. She said that ACC and CPDA had co-organized and sponsored well-received events, such as the “Silk Road Cuisine Display-Yangzhou Week” and the China-ASEAN Hand-in-Hand Youth Foreign Languages Public Speaking Contest on the Belt and Road. 2016 marked the ASEAN-China Year of Educational Exchange. ACC would strengthen communication with CPDA and jointly promote social and cultural cooperation as well as people-to-people connectivity with a view to laying a more solid foundation for the development of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership.