On 25 August, the ASEAN-China Tourism Security and Safety Forum was successfully held in Yangon, Myanmar. The Forum was jointly organised by the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MOHT) of Myanmar, and the Lancang Mekong Integrated Law Enforcement and Security Cooperation Centre (LM-LECC).

Distinguished participants included Shi Zhongjun, Secretary General of the ASEAN-China Centre, Jeng Phang Naw Tawng, Union Minister, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Hotels and Tourism of Myanmar, Soe Thein, Chief Minister of Yangon Region, and You Xiaowen, Secretary General of the Lancang Mekong Integrated Law Enforcement and Security Cooperation Centre. The event brought together over one hundred officials including experts, industry representatives and diplomats from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives from ten ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEANAPOL Secretariat, the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office, envoys of ASEAN countries to Myanmar, and nearly 20 media outlets from across China and ASEAN.