On 27 December 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), Ms. Chen Shi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration and President of China Report, exchanged views with the campers of the 2017 ASEAN-China Youth Winter Camp. 33 campers from China, ASEAN countries, Japan and RoK, Mr. Dong Yan, Deputy Director of Project Planning Section of China Report, Mr. Bai Bing, Deputy Director of International Exchange and Cooperation Division of Jilin University, Mr. Zhang Xuehai, Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Division of ACC, and Mr. Chen Kesong, Tourism Officer of ACC, attended the meeting.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping briefed on the building of ASEAN community, the history of ASEAN-China relations and ACC’s mandate and work. She said that ASEAN countries and China are good neighbours and good partners connected by mountains and waters. In recent years, ASEAN-China relations realized the leap frog development. Mutually beneficial cooperation has been deepened, and people-to-people exchanges have become ever closer, and have formed all-round, multi-tiered and wide-ranging cooperation pattern. Currently, the development of China has entered into a new era. ASEAN is moving forward to ASEAN Community Vision 2025. The building of Belt and Road is a new bright spot of bilateral cooperation. Youth has creativity, and is the hope of a nation and country, and also a driving force to promote regional cooperation. Strengthening youth exchange has vital significance. ACC has always been promoting youth exchange as a priority, and organized colorful activities such as the ASEAN-China Youth Summer Camp, ASEAN-China Youth Football Match, and Chinese Language Competition for ASEAN Students in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, Beijing ASEAN Students Games. She encouraged all the campers of Winter Camp to attach more attentions to ASEAN and its cooperation with China, Japan and RoK, and bring friends and students around to join the ASEAN-China friendly cause, so as to contribute their strength to promoting understanding and friendship among the people of the region.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chen Shi gave an overview of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration and China Report, and said that to promote mutual understanding and friendly exchanges between ASEAN and China, China Report established “China Report ASEAN”, actively reporting the ASEAN-China cooperation achievement. “China Report ASEAN” will pay more attention to youth activities, and welcome students of any country to contribute to the magazine, share ideas and exchange views, to contribute suggestions and opinions to the promotion of youth exchange.

All the campers spoke highly and enthusiastically of their experiences and feelings, and thanked ACC and Jilin University for making the Winter Camp happen. They opined that the schedule and arrangement of the Winter Camp was so wonderful that made them experience the charm of ice and snow, deeply understand the characteristic culture of China, in particular the northeast part, and experience the unique beauty of China. Through mutual exchanges among the students these days, the campers learnt more from each other on education systems, students’ life and career prospects. They wished to come to China to experience more activities like Winter Camp in the future, and would pay more attention to the development of ASEAN-China relations, thus to make contributions to promoting ASEAN-China friendly cooperation.

The Campers also raised interesting questions on ACC’s role in promoting development of ASEAN-China relations, the cooperation among ACC, ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) and ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC), and the plan of ASEAN-China youth exchange, and shared their own opinions. Secretary-General Yang Xiuping and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chen Shi interacted with the campers in a friendly atmosphere.