On 30 May 2016, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), met with Mr. Liao Qinglin, Deputy Director-General of the Education Department of Hainan Province (EDHP) at the ACC Secretariat.
Mr. Liao Qinglin expressed his appreciation for ACC’s continued support to EDHP in carrying out exchange and cooperation in a number of fields between ASEAN and Hainan Province of China. He said that, with its unique geographical advantage, Hainan was committed to the Belt-and-Road Initiative. The strengthening of educational cooperation to promote economic and social development and deepening cultural exchanges was of great significance. He hoped that ACC would provide continuous support to Hainan to further educational cooperation with ASEAN countries.
Secretary-General Mme. Yang Xiuping extended her warm welcome to Mr. Liao Qinglin and appreciated Hainan’s support to ACC. She said that 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations, and the Year of China-ASEAN Educational Exchange. With this momentum, ACC had been actively conducting a number of colourful activities to promote ASEAN-China functional cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture and tourism. In education, ACC since its inception had established platforms and networks to facilitate exchanges and cooperation between educational institutions of ASEAN and China, and achieved tangible outcomes. In the coming days, ACC would organize the ASEAN-China Youth Summer Camp, ASEAN-China Forum of Youth and Humanity and so forth, and host or support a series of activities in the 9th China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week. She added that Hainan Province was known as the largest special economic zone in China, ACC would strengthen communication with Hainan province, and work jointly to promote the exchange and cooperation between ASEAN and Hainan, and ASEAN and China, thus to contribute to the educational development between ASEAN and China.