China, ASEAN eye even closer economic ties after over 2 decades of win-win cooperation

VIENTIANE, Aug. 7 (NsNewsWire ) — After 25 years of fruitful dialogue relationship, China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are looking forward to fostering stronger ties especially in economic and trade fields in a time of global economic uncertainties and instabilities, reports Xinhua.

As ASEAN economic ministers met in the Lao capital this week for the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) as well as talks with their partners, China and ASEAN took the opportunity to reiterate their will to further boost cooperation.

The China-ASEAN relations have grown to a level that exceeds the expectations 25 years ago, said Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng after meeting with his ASEAN counterparts.

“Our developments, from economic to social fields, are tightly bound to one another,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the AEM meeting.