On 20 December 2012, East Malaysia Investment Company, the investment consortium of Chinese private enterprises to ASEAN promoted by ASEAN-China Centre held a meeting with Investment and Development Bureau of Malaysia in ACC. Secretary-General Ma Mingqiang of ACC chaired the meeting.

Secretary-General Ma said that with the rapid development of China's economy, Chinese enterprises, especially private ones owned very strong intention to go global but most of them were in shortage of the knowledge of overseas investment environment and policies. ACC would like to shoulder the responsibility to provide information and hold activities for Chinese enterprises access to ASEAN.

On behalf of Malaysian delegation, Mr. LYR, the investment consul of Malaysian Consulate-General in Shanghai said that Investment and Development Bureau of Malaysia is the one-stop governmental organization for foreign companies investing in Malaysia. It will provide Chinese investing company with comprehensive service in Malaysia.

In the meeting, the representatives of the consortium entrepreneurs and the Investment and Development Bureau made deep discussion on the investment projects and policies of Sabah, Malaysia.