ACC Secretary-General met with Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei

On 16 May 2016, Secretary-General Yang Xiuping met with Mme. Emaleen Abdul Rahman Teo, Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam in Bandar Seri Begawan. 

Permanent Secretary Emaleen Abdul Rahman Teo warmly welcomed Secretary-General Yang Xiuping and the Chinese entrepreneurs’ delegation to participate in the Brunei-China Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum and believed that the activity would be successful. She said that the Brunei side attached great importance to ACC’s role in promoting Brunei-China pragmatic cooperation and was impressed by ACC’s achievements. The Government of Brunei put tourism high on its agenda and hoped ACC to lend further support in attracting Chinese tourists to Brunei. The Ministry would work closely with ACC so as to inject greater impetus to comprehensive development of bilateral ties.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping expressed her appreciation to the Ministry for co-hosting the Forum and for the great support from the Brunei side in promoting ASEAN-China cooperation and ACC’s work. Secretary-General Yang briefed on ACC’s priorities in the near future when ACC would push forward all-round pragmatic cooperation between ASEAN and China in implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of both sides, in particular to encourage SMEs to enhance communication and explore business opportunities. She said that 2016 marked the ASEAN-China Year of Educational Exchange and ACC would welcome Brunei to participate in the activities organized by the Centre.