ACC Secretary-General Interviewed by Kunming TV

Source:ASEAN-China Centre

On 12 of June 2016, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) Secretary-General H. E. Mme. Yang Xiuping joined Expo Guestroom, a special talk show of Kunming TV during the 4th China-South Asia Expo, and answered questions on deepening ASEAN-China pragmatic cooperation and the role of the China-South Asia Expo.

Mme. Yang said that ASEAN-China dialogue relations was established 25 years ago. ASEAN Community was established by the end of last year while China was in the first year of its 13th Five Year Plan period. Further docking their development plans would bring broader space to ASEAN-China functional cooperation. ACC would take this opportunity to strengthen cooperation and coordination with all parties to make further efforts to deepen ASEAN-China cooperation.

She noted that Yunnan was committed to serving as a pivot of China’s opening up to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It made great contributions to promoting deep and constant development of China-South Asia and China-Southeast Asia relations. China-South Asia Expo was a platform to expand Yunnan-South Asia and Yunnan-Southeast Asia cooperation. It had an imminent characteristic with high efficiency and increasing influence. The 4th China-South Asia Expo and the 24th Kunming Import and Export Fair attracted more than 5000 enterprises from 89 countries in Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Oceania. This indicated Yunnan’s significant role in promoting regional cooperation. ACC would like to provide support and facilitation to broaden connection and communication between Yunnan and ASEAN countries, and to jointly promote cooperation in trade, investment, education culture and tourism for the well-being of the people.