The 3rd Joint Interview Themed with “China-ASEAN Jointly Building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road” Commenced in Changsha

The year of 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the Year of China-ASEAN Tourism Cooperation. In order to further friendly exchanges, fruitful collaborations and mutual understandings of China and ASEAN, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) and the State Council Information Office jointly organize the 3rd Joint Interview Themed with “China-ASEAN Jointly Building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”, which invites 20 journalists from 17 medias of ASEAN Member States to visit Hunan and Jiangxi province of China to make field investigations on trade, investment, education, culture, tourism and media, etc. so as to better report the fruitful achievements and promising future of “China-ASEAN Jointly Building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”.

On 18 April 2017, the joint interview was commenced in Changsha, Hunan province. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, ACC Secretary-General, Mme. Zhao Jun, Deputy Editor-in-Chief from the host institution, China Report Magazine affiliated with China Foreign Language Publishing Administration, Mr. Vithit Powattanasuk, Director of Information and Public Relations Division of ACC, attended the event. The Chinese journalists from Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, China Central Television (CCTV), China National Radio (CNR), China Daily and local media of Hunan province and Changsha city also joined the interview.