On 18 December 2023, the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), in collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), sponsored the launching ceremony of Logo Design Contest for 2024 ASEAN-China Year of People-to-people Exchanges (ACYPPE) in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province. With the countdown by the on-site audience, the attending dignitaries from both AMS and China push in concert the launching bar, after which a themed painting gradually unfolded to symbolize the official kick-off of the Contest.