On 13 September 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), inspected related exhibition halls of the 14th China-ASEAN Expo.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping’s first stop was the booth of ACC. She learned about the layout and organization of the booth from Mr. Vithit Powattanasuk, Director of Information and Public Relations Division of ACC. She emphasized that the booth should exhibit comprehensive and true working contents and achievements of ACC in recent years, and broadly learn about viewers’ expectations on ACC, so as to attract more institutions and individuals to take part in friendly cooperation between ASEAN and China. Afterwards, Secretary-General Yang Xiuping visited the booth of ASEAN Secretariat. She congratulated on ASEAN’s 50th anniversary and achievements of community building, and warmly interacted with the exhibitors from ASEAN Secretariat. Secretary-General Yang Xiuping also visited related enterprises’ booths of China and ASEAN, learned about exchanges between both sides’ enterprises, and stated ACC’s commitment of serving as a bond and bridge for cooperation between both sides’ enterprises.

With 124,000 square meters exhibition area, this year’s China-ASEAN Expo set up five pavilions of commodity trade, investment cooperation, advanced technology, trade in services and cities of charm. There were over 2,700 foreign and Chinese enterprises participating in the expo, with a year-on-year increase of 1.5%.