The 10-state Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (Asean) and the People’s Republic of China have opened an Asean-China
Center in Beijing to boost bilateral trade, investment and tourism.
The
center was officially opened in Beijing on May 18. A press release from the
Indonesian embassy in Beijing said the new center would help aid in the
strategic cooperation in between the two countries.
The
opening was a follow-up to the first meeting of the Asean-China Joint Council
that was held on May 17-18 to discuss the results of the 14th Asean-China
summit in Bali in November.
The
embassy said the Asean-China Center hopes to play an important role in backing
the achievement in trade, investment and tourism targets between Asean and
China as agreed to in their last summit.
Trade
between Asean and China is expected to reach $500 billion in 2015, compared to
$231.2 billion in 2010. Chinese investment and tourism to Asean is expected to
reach $15 billion in value by 2015, the statement said without giving
comparative figures.
The
center, located at No. 43, Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District in Beijing, has
offices, meeting and seminar rooms and an exhibition hall that can be used by
any member country of the regional grouping or China.
The
center, with the assistance of the Yiwu municipal government is also providing
a 5,000 square meter exhibition and sale space for Asean export products for
China at the city’s largest large retail market.
Ngurah
Swajaya, Indonesia’s permanent representative to Asean, said the opening of the
center would provide important momentum for the strategic partnership between
the regional grouping and China, especially in boosting trade, investment and
tourism.
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