On 2 June 2016, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with Mr. Zhang Wei, Vice Mayor of Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.
Secretary-General Yang gave a brief introduction to ACC’s functions and the activities held recently by ACC during the ASEAN-China Week. She said that Nanning had played an important role in promoting ASEAN-China relations during the past decades. By giving full play to its advantages, through the platforms and mechanisms including ASEAN-China Expo, Nanning had made great achievements in the friendly exchange and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN. As the year of 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between ASEAN and China, as well as ASEAN-China Educational Exchange Year, ASEAN-China relations faced with a rare opportunity of further development. ACC was ready to work closely with Nanning to make even greater contribution to promoting ASEAN-China functional cooperation in all fields.
Vice Mayor Zhang Wei expressed his appreciation to ACC for the great support rendered to Nanning. By introducing the social and economic development of Nanning and its cooperation with ASEAN, he noted that Nanning had benefited a lot from the all-round cooperation between ASEAN and China, and would further expand cooperation with ASEAN in the days to come. ACC, as an important platform and channel to promote exchange and cooperation between ASEAN and China, had conducted a series of activities and projects in recent years. Nanning would be pleased to join hands with ACC and continuously exert the influence of Nanning Channel to promote ASEAN-China functional cooperation