On 26 April 2016, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) Secretary-General H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with H.E. Mr. Ning Fukui, Chinese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.
Secretary-General Yang thanked the Chinese Embassy in Thailand for its support to ACC. She said that 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations and ASEAN-China Year of Educational Exchange. Since the beginning of 2016, ACC had been actively implementing the work program of 2016 approved by the Joint Council. It organized over 40 activities and was about to hold activities centred on the upcoming ASEAN-China Week.ACC would like to further enhance communication with the Chinese Embassy and jointly promote Thailand-China and ASEAN-China practical cooperation, so as to open up a brighter future of bilateral relations and benefit people’s welfare of both sides.
Ambassador Ning Fukui spoke highly of ACC’s work and said that Thailand had played an important constructive role within ASEAN and in ASEAN-China relations. In recent years, China-Thailand relations enjoyed good momentum. Cooperation in trade, education, culture and tourism had delivered fruitful results in recent years. The Chinese Embassy in Tailand expected to strengthen liaison with ACC to make new contributions to boosting the China-Thailand and China-ASEAN cooperation in all fields and promoting prosperity and development in the region.