From 12 to 15 September, the 14th China-ASEAN Expo was held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, under the theme of “Jointly Building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Promoting Regional Economic Integration through Tourism”. This year’s expo initiated a special exhibition area for the Belt and Road Initiative, and invited Brunei Darussalam as the country of honour, and Kazakhstan as Special Guest Country. With strong supports from China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, ACC set up a booth at the expo. This practice has lasted for five consecutive years.

ACC’s booth was located at the pavilion of Cities of Charm, next to the ASEAN Secretariat’s booth and close to all the booths of ASEAN Member States. The booth emphasized the achievements of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation, which attracted a great number of visitors to stop by. The pictures and bilingual introduction in English and Chinese presented ACC’s mandate and work in pushing forward ASEAN-China practical cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture, tourism, and information and media. ASEAN-China documentary videos and several publications are presented. The booth also conducted a game with prizes to interact with all visitors.

The booth attracted several hundreds of visitors to stop by for communications and consultation. The number of followers of ACC’s Wechat and Microblog also gained a dramatic increase. During the expo, several news agencies, namely, Xinhua News Agency and China Report, visited the booth of ACC and conducted reports.