On 9 January 2025, Secretary General Shi Zhongjun of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with Dr. Aung Ze Ya, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of Myanmar. 

Shi Zhongjun welcomed Deputy Minister Aung Ze Ya on his visit to the ACC, highlighted that cooperation in scientific research and vocational education has always been an integral part of ASEAN-China and Myanmar-China relations, which has yielded fruitful outcomes. Within the framework of the 2025 ASEAN-China Year of People-to-people Exchanges and in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Myanmar and China, the ACC is committed to further deepen practical cooperation in order to promote mutual benefits for both nations, while contributing new momentum to the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Dr. Aung Ze Ya expressed his appreciation to the work of the ACC, and stressed that Myanmar attaches great importance to cooperation with China and looks forward to more pragmatic collaboration with the ACC in vocational education, technical training, science and technology, and tourism, thus better contributing to Myanmar’s social and economic development and people-to-people exchanges between Myanmar and China.