On 18 March 2021, Mr. Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), met in Beijing with Mr. Liu Jianjun, member of the Standing Committee of Qingdao Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC) and Secretary of the CPC Jiaozhou Municipal Committee. The two sides exchanged views on further deepening exchanges and cooperation and join tly inviting diplomatic envoys of ASEAN Member States (AMS) in Chinato the 2021 SCO International Investment and Trade Expo & SCO Qingdao Forumon Local Economic and Trade Cooperation. Mr. Guo Chuanwei, Director of the Trade and Investment Division, Mr. Arianto Surojo, Director of the Information and Public Relations Division of ACC, Mr. Zhang Hongye, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Jiaozhou Municipal Committee and Director-General of the Municipal Party Committee Office, and Mr. Xiang Zhiqiang, Deputy Director of China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area, attended the meeting.