On 10 May 2021, Mr. Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met in Beijing with Mr. Sun Yebao, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government. The two sides exchanged views on co-hosting theASEAN-China (Shandong) SME Cooperation and Development Conference, and deepening the all-around cooperation of Shandong province and Dezhou City with ASEAN Member States (AMS). Mr. Guo Chuanwei, Director of the Trade and Investment Division of ACC, and Mrs. Song Xiaomei, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Dezhou Municipal People’s Government, attended the meeting.