On 11 May 2016, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), met with Dato James Chan Khay Syn, Mayor of Kuching South City Council. Mr. Fu Jijun, Consul-General of China in Kuching attended the meeting.
Secretary-General Yang expressed her gratitude to Kuching South City Council for its support to the ASEAN-China Entrepreneurs’ Conference (ACE) which would be held in Kuching. After giving a brief introduction to ACC, Secretary-General Yang said that ACC had been committed to implementing consensus reached by the leaders of ASEAN Member States and China. With emphasis on pragmatic cooperation in five areas, namely, trade, investment, education, culture and tourism, ACC had accomplished over 90 flagship projects, held or participated in more than 400 activities since its establishment, and thus strongly strengthened all-dimensional, multi-layered and wide-ranging ASEAN-China cooperation.
Secretary-General Yang Xiuping said that 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations and the Year of ASEAN-China Educational Exchange. It was also the first year of the official launch of ASEAN Community and China’s 13th Five Year Plan. This had provided good opportunities for deepening ASEAN-China and Malaysia-China relations As an important city in eastern Malaysia, Kuching had big potentials of cooperation with cities of China. ACC was willing to keep in touch with Kuching South City Council in order to further strengthen its cooperation with cities of China for common development.
Dato’ James Chan, Mayor of Kuching South City Council, extended a warm welcome to Secretary-General Yang and expressed sincere thanks to ACC for holding ACE in Kuching. He said that Kuching South City Council attached great importance to promoting friendly cooperation with cities of China. It had established sister-city relationship with five cities of China including Kunming, Zhenjiang and Quanzhou. Fruitful results had been achieved in the cooperation of education, culture and tourism. Kuching South City Council took foreign trade cooperation as a priority and hoped that entrepreneurs of ASEAN countries and China could strengthen business matching through ACE conference. Chinese entrepreneurs were welcome to invest and start business in Kuching. ACC was an important bridge to promote exchange and cooperation between ASEAN and China. Kuching South City Council would keep close contacts with ACC to expand cooperation with relevant cities of China and further promote friendship between the two peoples.
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