On 13 March 2013, Secretary-General Ma Mingqiang paid an official call on Lim Hong Hin, Deputy Secretary-General on Economic Affairs of the ASEAN Secretariat, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Secretary-General Ma briefed him about what AEAN-China Center did in 2012 for the promotion of practical cooperation between China and ASEAN in trade, investment, education, culture and tourism. He made a special mention of activities, such as the sales centre of ASEAN goods in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, the promotional tour on the policy of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, mobilization of investment by Chinese entrepreneurs in ASEAN, enhancement of China-ASEAN cooperation in education and cultural exchanges, and promotion of tourism for ASEAN countries. Secretary-General Ma Mingqiang thanked the ASEAN Secretariat for its support and expressed the willingness to further enhance cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat so as to jointly advance the development of ASEAN-China relations and practical cooperation.

Deputy Secretary-General Lim Hong Hin said that the ASEAN Secretariat highly commended the remarkable achievements of the young ACC and would continue to support ACC’s work by bringing it into contact with government agencies and private enterprises of ASEAN countries. The two also reached important consensus on cooperation in the next step.