On 27 April 2016, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul, Vice Foreign Minister of Thailand. Miss Phasporn Sangasubana, Acting Director-General of the Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and Counsellor Yang Yang of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand attended the meeting.
Secretary-General Yang Xiuping thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand for its longtime support and help to ACC and appreciated the contributions of the Thai side to the building of the ASEAN Community and the development of ASEAN-China relations. She said that the realization of the ASEAN Community had raised the regional integration to a new height. China had developed the 13th Five Year Plan which took the principles of “ innovation, coordination, opening, green and sharing” as guidelines for future development. China, regarding its relations with ASEAN as a priority of its neighbouring diplomacy, supported the construction, development and prosperity of the ASEAN Community. It stood up for ASEAN’s bigger role in regional and international affairs. Despite the different national conditions of ASEAN countries and China, both sides gave priorities to economic development and improving people's livelihood. The development of ASEAN and China had presented opportunities for each other. She firmly believed that the joint endeavours of both sides would broaden the road of ASEAN-China cooperation.
In her briefing on ACC’s mandates and recent work, Secretary-General Yang said that ACC, as a one-stop information and activities centre, had been actively implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of ASEAN and China, and promoting functional cooperation in the five areas of trade, investment, education, culture and tourism. Since its inception, ACC had completed over 90 flagship projects, hosted or participated in more than 400 activities. 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations and ASEAN-China Year of Educational Exchange. ACC would take this opportunity to implement 19 flagship projects, host the ASEAN-China Week and the ASEAN-China Youth Summer Camp, further push forward functional cooperation in relevant fields and make due contributions to regional development and people’s wellfare. ACC would appreciate the suggestions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and cordially welcome its participation in its activities.
Vice Minister Virasakdi Futrakul said that Thailand and China were members of one family and the current sound development of Thailand-China relations had yielded fruitful results invarious fields of cooperation. The ever-closer ASEAN-China relations had been a cornerstone for the regional prosperity. He was fully confident in the elevation and deepening of ASEAN-China relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand would continue to promote ASEAN-China friendship and all-dimensional cooperation.
Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul commended ACC for its huge amount of concrete work in promoting functional cooperation and strengthening friendship. ACC had managed to raise its profile in a short span of four years and kept improving the quality of its activities. The Ministry would support ACC as ever and expected ACC to make persistent efforts to make new achievements in supporting the building of the ASEAN Community and deepening the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership.
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