ACC Secretary-General Met with Educational Official of Guangxi Government

On 1 June 2016, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with Mr. Yang Lin, a leading official of the Education Department of the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China and exchanged views on ASEAN-China and ASEAN-Guangxi educational cooperation.

Mr. Yang Lin said that Guangxi and ASEAN countries were linked by mountains and rivers, sharing similar culture and customs. The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government and its Educational Department attached great importance to strengthening educational exchanges and cooperation with ASEAN countries. By providing government scholarships to ASEAN countries, establishing ASEAN International Education Exhibition, holding vocational education exhibition and ASEAN student culture festival, Guangxi had been continuously advancing educational cooperation with ASEAN countries. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, ASEAN students in Guangxi had exceeded 37 thousand, accounting for more than 80% of the number of foreign students studying in Guangxi. Mr. Yang Li spoke highly of the important role played by ACC in promoting educational exchange and looked forward to working with ACC to further expand personnel exchange with ASEAN countries and speed up opening-up and international cooperation of Guangxi.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping positively commented on the achievements made by Guangxi in strengthening educational exchange and cooperation with ASEAN countries. She briefed on ACC’s functions and the activities held recently by ACC during the ASEAN-China Week. Secretary-General Yang noted that, the year of 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between ASEAN and China, and also ASEAN-China Educational Exchange Year. ACC was willing to work closely with relevant authorities of ASEAN countries and China in conducting all the major events and activities including ASEAN-China Educational Exchange Week. Guangxi enjoyed special advantages and possessed solid foundation in educational cooperation with ASEAN. ACC would join hands with Guangxi to further expand friendly exchanges among young students with a view to further promoting the comprehensive development of ASEAN-China dialogue relations.