From 16 to 17 December 2020, the Chinese Tour Guide Training and Capacity Building Workshop of ASEAN (Indonesia) 2020 was successfully co-organisedby ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia. Nearly 100 tour guides and tourism employees from across Indonesia joined the online workshop. Mr. Djauhari Oratmangun, Indonesian Ambassador to China, Mr. Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of ACC, Mr. Gustanto, Indonesian Consul-General in Guangzhou and lecturers of the workshop attended the opening session on the morning of 16 December 2020. 

In his opening remarks, Ambassador Djauhari said that Indonesia and China enjoy close and frequent people-to-people exchanges. Tourism economy is very important for every country. And like other countries, Indonesia is trying to raise the proportion of tourism in its national GDP through various efforts, such as developing diverse tourism products, improving tourism service, especially trying to tap the Chinese outbound travel market. He expressed much appreciation toward ACC for what it has done to enhance Indonesia-China friendly cooperation and support tourism development in Indonesia. 

On behalf of ACC, Secretary-General Chen Dehai expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesiaand the Indonesian diplomatic missions in China for their long-time support. He said that as ASEAN and China are standing side by side to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and revitalize economic growth,human resources development stands out as one of the top priorities for practical cooperation between ASEAN and China. In future, ACC will strengthen coordination with ASEAN Member States (AMS) to make new contributions to regional tourism recovery and development through more colourful and successful activities. 

The Chinese Tour Guide Training and Capacity Building Workshop of ASEAN (Indonesia) 2020 focused on traditional Chinese culture, tourism service standards, tourism product branding and destination promotion. On the afternoon of 17 December, Dr. Sigit Witjaksono, Deputy Director General of Marketing Department of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia addressed the closing session and spoke highly of the workshop. As one of the flagship projects of ACC, Chinese Language Training of ASEAN was initiated by the 45th Meeting of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations during ASEAN Tourism Forum 2017. Up to now, it has been carried out 4 times and welcomed by the AMS.