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On 12 August 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with Dato Haji Erywan Pehin Yusof, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam. Mr. Hakashah Samad, Acting Head of Trade Promotion Section of the Department of Economic Cooperation and Ms. Hong Mee Jien, Deputy Director of General Affairs and Coordination Division of ACC attended the meeting.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping congratulated the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on successfully hosting the series of activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and thanked the Ministry for its long-time support rendered to ACC. She said ASEAN-China all-round, multi-tiered and wide-ranging cooperation enjoyed fast development and achieved fruitful results that have benefited the 2 billion people in this region. In 2016, both sides jointly celebrated the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations, Brunei-China diplomatic relations as well as ASEAN-China Educational Exchange Year. This year is the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation. 2018 is the 15th anniversary of ASEAN-China strategic partnership. Both sides are actively synergizing development targets and continuing to further deepen Brunei-China and ASEAN-China relations.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping made a brief introduction of ACC’s work. She said in 2017, ACC has carried out a series of activities such as organizing Chinese businessmen to visit ASEAN, participating in the 10th China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week, organizing youth football matches, conducting documentary shooting, organizing mutual visits of journalists from the mainstream media of both sides, etc., with a view to vigorously promote ASEAN-China practical cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture, tourism and media. ACC would continue to spare no efforts to promote ASEAN-China relations, and wished to get continuous support and kind suggestions from the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Dato Haji Erywan Pehin Yusof commended the effective work of ACC in promoting ASEAN-China practical cooperation. He said Brunei attaches great importance to Brunei-China relations. Brunei will participate in the 14th China-ASEAN Expo to be held in Guangxi this September as the Country of Honor and expect to achieve fruitful results. China is an important dialogue partner of ASEAN and ASEAN hopes to further deepen the friendly exchanges and cooperation with China to realize win-win results. He hoped that ACC would continue to play its bridging role and make greater contribution to advancing economic cooperation, enhancing mutual understanding and friendship, and promoting people-to-people exchanges between ASEAN and China.