On 17 September 2025, Secretary General Shi Zhongjun of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), was invited to hold a joint meeting with Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn of ASEAN and Secretary-General Wei Zhaohui of the China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) Secretariat in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The three parties exchanged views on topics including the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0, artificial intelligence and digital economy cooperation between ASEAN and China. They agreed to further synergize resources and efforts to make new and greater contributions to building a closer ASEAN-China community with a shared future.