On 18 April 2016, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with H.E. Mr. Cheng Yonghua, Chinese Ambassador to Japan, in Tokyo. Ms. Guo Yan and Mr. Rong Ying, Minister and Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, and Ms. Huang Ying, Director of General Affairs and Coordination Division of ACC, attended the meeting.
Secretary-General Yang Xiuping briefed on ACC’s mandates and its efforts to promote functional cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture and tourism since its establishment. She said that while ACC was committed to pushing forward ASEAN-China relations, it had also made active response to the important consensus reached by ASEAN Plus Three Leaders, and maintained close exchange with ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) and ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC). The Secretaries General of ACC, AJC and AKC would soon hold the 7th Informal Meeting to discuss the ways to strengthen cooperation. ACC had already established good working relations with the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS). With the realization of ASEAN Community, ACC was ready to strengthen exchange and share experience with relevant organizations in this region to play an active role in promoting 10+1 and 10+3 cooperation.
Ambassador Cheng spoke highly of ACC’s efforts to promote ASEAN-China and ASEAN Plus Three cooperation. He briefed on the development of cooperation among the three countries, and said that the strengthened cooperation among ASEAN Plus Three countries would benefit regional development. He expected ACC to give better play to its advantages and make new contributions to 10+1 and 10+3 cooperation.
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