The 10th China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week Held Welcoming and Celebrative Event

On 27 July 2017, the 10th China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW) held welcoming and celebrative event. H.E. Mr. Sonexay Siphandone, Vice Prime Minister of Lao PDR, H.E. Mr. Wang Fuyu, Vice Chairman of Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, H.E. Mr. Qin Rupei, Executive Vice Governor of Guizhou, H.E. Mr. Chen Mingming, Vice Governor of Guizhou, H.E. Mr. He Li, Vice Governor of Guizhou, Mr. Lu Yongzheng, Vice Governor of Guizhou, H.E. Mr. Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of Education of China, H.E. Mr. Qian Hongshan, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, H.E. Mr. Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN Secretariat, and other government officials from ASEAN countries and China, foreign diplomats in China, representatives of international organizations, associations, enterprises, universities and research institutes attended the event. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), was present at the event upon invitation.

Vice Governor Chen Mingming chaired the event. He warmly welcomed all participants on behalf of Guizhou province. In his remarks at the event, Vice Minister Tian Xuejun mentioned that this year marks the 10th anniversary of CAECW. Under the theme of “Share a Decade Achievements in Educational Cooperation, Start a New Chapter Along with the Belt and Road Initiative”, various parties would share wisdom, sum up experience, review fruitful achievements of the past ten years of CAECW, and together map out the blueprint for future education exchanges between China and ASEAN. He believed that with the joint efforts of various parties, ASEAN-China education cooperation will be further deepened which will help to promote people-to-people connectivity, bring more benefit to the people in the region and make new and even greater contributions to the building of a closer ASEAN-China community of shared future.

At the celebrative event afterwards, the organizing committee of 10th CAECW presented Outstanding Contributor Award to Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), ACC and other stakeholders. ASEAN and Chinese students gave wonderful performances with national features.

The 10th CAECW was co-hosted by Foreign Ministry of China, Education Ministry of China and Guizhou Provincial People’s Government. The Education Department of Guizhou, Foreign Affairs Office of Guizhou, ACC and SEAMEO co-organized the event. The event invited over 2,000 participants from China, ASEAN countries, and special partner countries, Russia and Switzerland. The 10th CAECW will carry out a total of 49 activities throughout the year.