On 2 December 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), met with Dato Seri Lim Gait Tong, Chairman of ASEAN-China Business Association and Chairman of Board of Directors of Farlim Group (Malaysia) and other representatives from the Malaysian and Chinese business circles, and discussed issues on deepening Malaysia-China and ASEAN-China practical cooperation. Mr. Lim Chu Dick, Executive Director of Board of Farlim Group, Mr. Bai Yinzhan, Vice General Manager of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), Mr. Li Binjie, Director of Accounting of East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) Project Management of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), Mr. Zhu Xuquan and Mr. Zhu Meng Feng, General Managers of Beijing Philisense Company, and Mr. Zhang Xuehai, Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Division of ACC, attended the event.

Dato Seri Lim Gait Tong stated that ASEAN-China Business Association is dedicated to promoting Malaysia-China and ASEAN-China business exchanges and cooperation, and has already established links with Chinese government agencies and enterprises. The association will continue to enhance business matching between both sides’ enterprises. Actively opening up Chinese market, Farlim Group has invested and constructed ASEAN International Eco-City in Qihe county, Jinan municipality, Shandong province, which will be built into an aggregation consisting of several functional areas of living, catering and recreation that includes ASEAN custom street, ASEAN international culture centre, business convention centre, ASEAN comprehensive trading zone. The city is devoted to becoming bridge head for ASEAN enterprises and new hub for ASEAN culture in inland north China. He wished to maintain closer contacts with ACC in future and jointly make contribution to Malaysia-China and ASEAN-China exchanges.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping briefed on ACC’s mandate and work. She thanked Dato Seri Lim Gait Tong and Farlim Group for great support to ASEAN-China Film Festival, and commended ASEAN-China Business Association for its positive contribution to economic and investment cooperation as well as culture and education exchanges between Malaysia and China, and ASEAN and China. She stated that Malaysia-China and ASEAN-China relations for now are enjoying new opportunities of development. Next year will mark the 15th anniversary of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership and the ASEAN-China Year of Innovation that will bring broader prospects to both sides. As a one-stop information and activities centre, ACC is dedicated to serve as a bridge and bond to link both sides’ enterprises. It’s hoped that both sides’ enterprises to seize the opportunity to jointly unveil a new chapter of mutually beneficial cooperation.

During the discussion, Malaysian and Chinese enterprises respectively briefed on the operations of their own companies, and expressed willingness to enhance contacts between each other. All participants actively discussed and explored cooperation in order to make greater contributions to the all-around and in-depth development of Malaysia-China and ASEAN-China relations.