On 14 August 2012, Secretary-General Ma Mingqiang welcomed to the ASEAN-China Centre the participants of the Seminar on the Construction and Perfection of ASEAN-China FTA, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C. The participants are recommended by ASEAN Member States, who come from Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Industry and Trade respectively.

Mr. Ma Mingqiang introduced to the guests ACC's major undertakings and achievements made so far, especially its initiatives of the "Access to ASEAN:Symposium Tour on CAFTA" and establishing the "ASEAN Products Sales and Exhibition Centre" in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. ACC staff from different divisions then interacted with the participants.