On 23 April 2016, the Nanyang Trade Fair of the 5th Nanyang Culture Festival was held in Xiamen. Mr. Sun Guoxiang, Special Envoy for Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Mme. Ni Chao, Vice Mayor of Xiamen Municipal Government, Mr. Chamroen Tipayapongtada, Governor of Phuket Province of Thailand, Mr. Srey Suon, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre, H.E. Mme. Magdalene Teo, Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to China, H.E. Mr. Thit Linn Ohn, Ambassador of Myanmar to China, Consul-Generals of ASEAN countries in Xiamen and Guangzhou, representatives from Foreign Affairs Office of Fujian Provincial People’s Government and Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Xiamen Municipal People’s Government attended the Opening Ceremony.
Vice Mayor Ni Chao said, Xiamen and ASEAN had a long history of friendship. The ASEAN-China economic and trade ties had grown closer, with ASEAN becoming a major trade partner of Xiamen. The 5th Nanyang Cultural Festival had served as an important platform to enrich ASEAN-China partnership and enhance the bonds between Xiamen and countries along the Maritime Silk Road. She pointed out that the Nanyang Trade Fair was a key event of the Festival. Moreover, Xiamen Free Trade Zone (FTZ) had been established for one year and made many achievements in implementing reforms, making innovation in the past year, and becoming a new growth engine in driving Xiamen’s development. The collaborative efforts of Xiamen and ASEAN had resulted in substantial outcomes in trade, business, cross-border RMB settlement and people-to-people exchange. The Trade Fair was expected to provide new opportunities for Xiamen-ASEAN cooperation and effective interactions of enterprises of both sides.
Mr. Tajtai Tmangraksat, Consul-General of Thailand in Xiamen said, the Nanyang Culture Festival served as a platform to promote cultural exchange between ASEAN and China by the Municipal Government in line with the Chinese central government’s policy of strengthening the cultural cooperation with the countries along the Maritime Silk Road. The 5th Nanyang Cultural Festival had rich contents and diverse activities. At the Trade Fair, 60 ASEAN enterprises had set up booths and 54 ASEAN enterprises participated in the industry matchmaking. Xiamen and Phuket had become sister cities. The Nanyang Trade Fair had provided new opportunities for overseas exhibitors to better understand the Chinese market and develop new economic and trade cooperation with China.
The guests toured the booths of the Trade Fair, and interacted with the exhibitors.
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