On 1 June 2016, the Welcoming Activity of China-ASEAN Forum on Industrial Capacity Cooperation was held in Nanning. H.E Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), Mr. Du Qinglin, Vice Chairman of CPPCC and President of China Economic and Social Council, Mr. Peng Qinghua, Party Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Ms. Chen Jiwa, Chairwoman of the Guangxi People's Political Consultative Conference, Mr. Toe Aung Myint, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar and other guests from China and ASEAN countries attended the activity.
Ms. Chen Jiwa delivered a welcoming address. She said that with the advance of the Belt and Road Initiative, international industrial chain optimization and coordinated development of upper and lower industrial chains had become a new growth point of ASEAN-China functional cooperation. To enhance industrial capacity cooperation would help promote the integration of the industries of both sides, inject new impetus to economic growth, and bring tangible benefits to the people in the region. As the frontier of ASEAN-China cooperation, Guangxi had geographic and political advantages, as well as the efficient cooperation platforms such as China-ASEAN Expo and Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Cooperation Forum, and had become one of the most dynamic regions in international cooperation. Guangxi should take this forum as an opportunity to enhance its business matching with ASEAN countries. It was suggested that Guangxi make the industrial parks the basis, and give full play to its advantages to promote industrial capacity cooperation, for a prospect of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation.
During the activity, Secretary-General Yang Xiuping had interactions with the guests and exchanged views on ASEAN-China relations and industrial capacity cooperation.