On 12 August 2017, the ASEAN 50th Anniversary Exhibition was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Dato Haji Erywan Pehin Yusof, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei and around 300 people from Brunei government, representatives of Embassies in Brunei and people from all walks of life attended the exhibition. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) was invited to relevant functions.
Dato Haji Erywan Pehin Yusof and ASEAN Ambassadors in Brunei cut the ribbons at the exhibition’s opening ceremony and visited exhibition booth of each country. ACC together with Chinese Embassy in Brunei co-sponsored the exhibition and participated in China-ASEAN Photo Exhibition and Suzhou Embroidery Exhibition. Visitors highly praised the exhibitions which provided an important platform for Brunei people to get a better knowledge and understanding of China. They acknowledged the achievement of the development of China-ASEAN relations and hoped China-Brunei and China-ASEAN relations would have a brighter future.
The exhibition was held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei with over 20 organizations including Ministry of Culture of Brunei, Embassies of ASEAN and their dialogue partners in Brunei and ACC participating in the exhibition. It is composed of three parts, culture, tourism and gourmet, and lasted for two days.