From 6 to 8 August 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), attended related events of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetings/ Post Ministerial Conferences (PMCs) in Manila, the Philippines.

During the events, Secretary-General Yang interacted with participants from various countries. She briefed on the achievements ACC made in promoting friendly exchanges and practical cooperation between ASEAN and China in past six years, particularly this year’s work encompassing the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation. She appreciated the full support rendered by the governments of ASEAN Member States and China, especially from the foreign ministries of 11 countries. She mentioned that the revised edition of Memorandum of Understanding on Establishing the ASEAN-China Centre between the Governments of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Government of the People’s Republic of China signed by foreign ministers of 10 ASEAN Member States and China charted the course for ACC’s work going forward. ACC will seize the opportunity to maintain closer contacts with various parties of ASEAN and China, bear in mind the development needs and cooperation intentions of both sides, and work even more actively to promote practical cooperation in trade, investment, tourism, education, culture, and information and media so as to make new contributions to in-depth and sustainable development of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership, and better benefit both peoples.

Various parties respectively congratulated on the signing of the said MoU and commended the effective work ACC has done to deepen practical cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between both sides. They expected ACC could continue to serve as a bridge and bond to make more contributions to deepening the cooperation between both sides.