On 16 June 2016, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre H. E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with Mme. Chen Peijie, Chinese Consul-General in Kota Kinabalu at ACC.
Mme. Chen briefed on the work of the General Consulate and said that the State of Sabah was rich in tourism resources and had a strong willingness to cooperate with China in fields of economy, trade, education, culture and tourism. Since its inauguration in 2015, the General Consulate has been committed itself in promoting friendly communication and collaboration between the State of Sabah and Chinese Provinces. It would like to strengthen communication with ACC in pushing forward the cooperation between the two sides and enhance mutual benefit and win-win.
Mme. Yang introduced about ACC’s mandate and its recent work including ASEAN-China Week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations. She noted that ASEAN-China relations maintained good momentum with stable cooperation foundation and broad perspective. ACC would like to keep close contact and coordination with the General Consulate, to make new contributions to the development of relations between Malaysia especially the State of Sabah and China which serves the interests of the two peoples.