On 24 November 2020, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) invited Mr. Djauhari Oratmangun, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to China, for “Lecture Series on ASEAN-China Relations” activity at Hainan University in Hainan Province. Mr. Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of ACC, Mrs. Sih Elsiwi Handayani Oratmangun, Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun’s wife, Mr. Gustanto, Consul General of Indonesia in Guangzhou, Ms. Ang Lay Ling, Deputy Chief of Mission of Embassy of Brunei in China, Mr. Luo Qingming, President of Hainan University and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Liang Mou, Vice President of Hainan University, Mr. Ye Guangliang, Vice President of Hainan University attended the event in a warm and friendly atmosphere along with more than 300 students and faculty members of the university, including some students from ASEAN Member States (AMS).

     President Luo Qingming said in his welcome speech that Hainan University has been actively implementing the strategy of opening-up, and has carried out substantial cooperation with AMS such as joint running of institutes, exchange programmes for students and faculty members, foreign-aid training programmes and regional studies. Hainan University looks forward to deepening educational exchanges with its counterparts in AMS, so as to draw strength from each other for interconnected development and shared benefits. It is also hoped that students, with their great spirit of creation, may make their own contributions to promoting friendly relations between AMS on one side and Hainan University, Hainan Province and the rest of China on the other.

     Secretary-General Chen Dehai said that 2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China. ACC invited Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun to deliver a speech at Hainan University with the aim of promoting Chinese university students’ understanding of Indonesia, ASEAN and ASEAN-China relations and enhancing friendship between the people from both sides. It is hoped that students in Hainan University will take an active part in the exchanges and cooperation between China and AMS like Indonesia, and inject fresh vitality into the development of Indonesia-China relations and ASEAN-China strategic partnership.

     Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun delivered a speech titled "ASEAN-China Prospective Relations". He elaborated on the development of ASEAN and ASEAN-China relations, and noted that ASEAN, as a global manufacturing and trade hub, is committed to building the ASEAN communities, consolidating ASEAN centrality in regional cooperation, and promoting ASEAN-China relations from a strategic perspective. Under the current circumstances, ASEAN should adapt to the new normal conditions against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthen cooperation with China in all respects, and take the opportunity of the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations and the 10th anniversary of ASEAN-China Centre in 2021 to push forward bilateral cooperation for new achievements. He stressed that Indonesia-China relations enjoy a sound momentum of development in recent years, having travelled an extraordinary journey featured by strategic and long-term prosperity. This year, the two countries have had frequent high-level contacts and achieved fruitful results in cooperation on pandemic containment, resumption of work and production and BRI international cooperation, elevating the bilateral relations to a new height.

     On the sidelines of the lecture, Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun and Secretary-General Chen Dehai also attended the launching ceremony of Maritime Silk Road Art Education Alliance & China-ASEAN Sports Culture Development Alliance at Hainan University. Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun gave interviews to local media as well. Prior to the lecture, President Luo Qingming met with Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun and the delegation.

     During the delegation’s stay in Hainan, Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun and Secretary-General Chen Dehai also visited the Window to Global Trade (WGT), Hainan Resort Software Community, Phoenix International Cruise Port and Bali Village to gain a comprehensive understanding of the economic and social development of Hainan Province and explore new opportunities for deepening practical cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between Hainan Province and Indonesia.