China-ASEAN International Touring Assembly to be Launched

10,000km

The total distance covered by the CAITA over the past 10 years, covering the Indochinese and Malay peninsulas

THE 2017 CHINA-ASEAN International Touring Assembly (CAITA), together with the China-ASEAN Journalists Rally, will be held from December 11 to December 28 in Hepu county, one of the departure ports of the ancient Maritime Silk Road in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Sponsored by China's General Administration of Sport, the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the ASEAN Secretariat, the China-ASEAN International Touring Assembly was first held in 2006 and has become an important event of cultural exchange and communication between China and ASEAN countries. Over the last 10 years, the CAITA has visited the Indochinese Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula, covering a total distance of over 10,000 kilometers.

For the first time in history, the route of the event will cover China and all 10 ASEAN countries, making it one of the longest international rally races in the region.