On 19 September 2017, H.E. Mme Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), met with Mr. Zhang Tong, Deputy Party Secretary of Leshan Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Leshan Municipal People’s Government during the 4th Sichuan International Travel Expo (SCITE). Mr. Guang Bing, Secretary-General of Leshan Municipal People’s Government, Mr. Chen Linqiang, Director of Leshan Municipal Committee on Tourism and Sports, Mr. Wang Wenbo, Member of Standing Committee of Emeishan Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of Emeishan, attended the meeting.

Mr. Zhang Tong expressed his heartfelt thanks to ACC for its strong support to Leshan and the 4th SCITE. He said that Leshan is rich in tourism resources, and developing tourism is the main strategic direction of Leshan. Leshan hopes to introduce the beautiful scenery and colorful culture of Leshan to the world, and attract more guests to Leshan for sightseeing and investment cooperation, by using SCITE and other important platforms. He hoped that ACC would continue to provide support and coordination to expand tourism exchanges and cooperation between Leshan and ASEAN countries.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping spoke highly of the success of SCITE for several consecutive years organized by Leshan Municipal People’s Government, which received general acclaim. She briefed on ACC’s work and said that ACC is an inter-governmental organization co-founded by 10 ASEAN Member States and China in November 2011. Since then, ACC has worked actively to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of ASEAN and China, and promote practical cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture, tourism and information and media. By the end of 2016, ACC had completed more than 100 flagship projects, organized or participated in more than 500 activities, which were highly appreciated by leaders of both sides. Participating in SCITE is part of important activities organized by ACC to mark the ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation. ACC would like to continue to serve as bridge and bond to make new contributions to promoting ASEAN-China practical cooperation in all fields.

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