ACC Secretary-General Met with Charge d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines

On 24 November 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with Mr. Tan Qingsheng, Charge d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines in Manila. Mr. Sun Yi, Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, attended the meeting. 

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping spoke highly of the positive contribution made by the Chinese Embassy in promoting Philippines-China and ASEAN-China relations. She expressed her gratitude for the long time support to ACC by the Embassy and briefed on ACC’s recent work. She said that in 2017, ACC had actively created various cooperation platforms and carried out a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation. ACC successfully co-organized the ASEAN-China Ecotourism Development Seminar with the Department of Tourism of the Philippines, which was warmly welcomed by the participants from China and ASEAN countries. She thanked the Embassy for sending officials to attend the seminar. The year 2018 will mark the 15th anniversary of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership and the ASEAN-China Year of Innovation. ACC would like to strengthen communication with the Embassy, explore ways to jointly conduct more cooperative activities, and make new contributions to Philippines-China and ASEAN-China friendly exchanges and cooperation.

Charge d’affaires Tan Qingsheng commended ACC's important role and the achievements in promoting China-ASEAN practical cooperation, and made a brief introduction to the recent development of China-Philippines relations and the 20th China-ASEAN Summit. He said that since the turnaround of the China-Philippines relations last year, both sides have made great strides forward in all cooperation areas. The Philippines is the rotating chair of ASEAN this year and will resume the country coordinator of China-ASEAN relations next year. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the 20th China-ASEAN Summit and paid a successful visit to the Philippines not long ago where both leaders reached broad consensus on further deepening China-Philippines and China-ASEAN relations and charted the future course. The Embassy would like to enhance cooperation with ACC and jointly advance the further development of China-Philippines and China-ASEAN relations.