By ASEAN-China Centre (ACC)

ASEAN Senior Education Offi cials Delegation Visited ACC

By ASEAN-China Centre (ACC)

On 21 June 2017, Secretary-General H.E.Mme. Yang Xiuping of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with ASEAN Senior Education Officials Delegation led by H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN Secretariat, at the ACC Secretariat. The Delegation was comprised of Mr. Mohd. Khairul Adib Bin Abd Rahman, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Malaysia, Dr. Ahmad Nazri Sulaiman,Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia, Atty. Alberto Jesus T. Muyot,Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of the Philippines, and Ms. Watanaporn Ra-Ngubtook, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Thailand, as well as senior education officials from the Ministry of Education of Myanmar,Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia,Ministry of Education and Sport of Lao PDR, Ministry of Education of Singapore and ASEAN Secretariat.Ms. Huang Ying, Director of General Affairs and Coordination Division, and Ms. Kong Roatlomang,Director of Education, Culture and Tourism Division of ACC, attended the meeting.

ACC Secretary-General Yang Xiuping warmly greeted the delegation, and brie fl y introduced ACC’s main work.She said that ASEAN-China education cooperation is vital for people-to-people exchanges between both sides,achieving fruitful and productive outcomes and having a broad perspect. In 2016, the student mobility between the two sides exceeded 200,000. ACC has carried out a rich variety of activities in the areas of education,culture and tourism, including deeply participating in the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW),conducting youth exchange programme and promoting TVET cooperation. In 2017, taking the big momentum of the 50thanniversary of ASEAN, ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation and the 10thanniversary of CAECW, ACC has been actively implementing relevant flagship projects, hoping to continuously receive big support from ASEAN Secretariat and the related departments of ASEAN countries.

Members of the delegation visiting the office location of Xinhuanet

Deputy Secretary-General Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee praised ACC’s effective and fruitful work in promoting practical cooperation between ASEAN and China since its inception. He stated that education plays a great role in social and economic development of each country,and is also a key part in developing ASEAN social and cultural community. The visit of the delegation to China is aiming to have a comprehensive exchange of views with relevant departments and discuss the signing ofASEAN-China Education Cooperation Action Plan,thus to further deepen ASEAN-China people-to-people collaboration. The ASEAN Secretariat is willing to strengthen communication with ACC and jointly conduct activities in the fi elds of education and culture.

After brie fi ng on the educational cooperation between ASEAN countries, Mohd. Khairul Adib Bin Abd Rahman, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Malaysia, and Atty. Alberto Jesus T.Muyot, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of the Philippines, expected a deeper collaboration with China in the fi elds of TVET, teacher training, and youth exchanges, and hoped that ACC could continuously play its active role.