China-ASEAN Relations, April 2011 to December 2011: Chronology

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Weng Cuifen
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China-ASEAN Relations
As a research institute based in Singapore, the EAI monitors developments in relations
and interactions between China and the individual countries of Southeast Asia as well
as the ASEAN grouping as a whole. This material is presented in the form of (1) a
chronology of events, and (2) important documents.
the Editors
CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONS,
APRIL 2011 TO DECEMBER 2011:
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
Compiled by WENG Cuifen
APRIL 2011
13th Zhou Yongkang, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CCP
Central Committee and head of the Central Political and Legislative Com-
mittee, meets with the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, L Hng Anh,
in Beijing. Zhou conveyed the CCP Central Committees congratulations
to the new central leadership of the Vietnam Communist Party. L stated that
Vietnam-China relations are a priority for the Vietnam Communist Party.
14th16th Yang Jiechi, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Peoples Republic of China,
and the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, meet during
the Boao Forum of the Asia Annual Conference 2011 in Hainan. This
year marks the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations.
Under the theme ASEAN-China: Mutually Benecial and Win-Win
Partners, ASEAN and China will be implementing a series of activities
to promote good-neighbourly relations, deepen cooperation and consoli-
date people-to-people friendship. Yang underscored the fact that practical
cooperation between ASEAN and China has entered a new phase. During
the meeting, Yang also welcomed the participation of the United States
and Russia in the East Asia Summit (EAS). However, China believes that
ASEAN should continue to play a central role in the expanded EAS.
Weng Cuifen (eaiwengc@nus.edu.sg) obtained her B.A. in Science of Diplomacy and Economics (a
double degree) from Beijing University, and her M.A. in political science from the National University
of Singapore. Her primary research interests cover the history and transformation of Chinas public
administration and the making and implementation of public policy in China. Her ongoing interests are
central-local relations, administrative reforms and urban-rural integration in contemporary China.
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20th A workshop on the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park, located in
the Beibuwan area of Guangxi Province, is launched in Beijing. It will
be the rst industrial park built by Malaysia in China. General planning
of the project has been nished. China has become Malaysias biggest
trading partner and largest market for Malaysian palm oil, while Malaysia
is Chinas top trading partner in ASEAN. Bilateral trade rose to a record
high of USD74.2 billion in 2010.
25th Shortly before his ofcial visits to Malaysia and Indonesia, Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao gives a joint interview to journalists from the China National
News Agency, Star of Malaysia, SCTV, Kompass and the Jakarta Post of
Indonesia, and answered their questions at Zhongnanhai. Regarding the
South China Sea, Wen stated that China remains committed to the
Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. He also pointed
out that although China and Malaysia have some territorial disputes over
some islands and reefs in the South China Sea, this has not prevented
the two countries from peaceful coexistence. Wen also claimed that the
countries concerned should and can carry out joint development in
the South China Sea.
27th28th Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pays a two-day ofcial visit to Malaysia. He
held talks with his Malaysian counterpart Najib in Kuala Lumpur. Both
sides exchanged views on how to enhance China-Malaysia strategic co-
operation as well as international and regional issues of common concern.
Wen and Najib also addressed the China-Malaysia Economic, Trade
and Investment Cooperation Forum in Kuala Lumpur. Wen put forward
a ve-point proposal for the promotion of trade and cooperation between
China and Malaysia.
29th30th Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao makes a two-day ofcial visit to Indonesia.
He met with ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan in Jakarta. Both
sides vowed to enhance bilateral cooperation and ties. Wen also met with
Indonesian Vice President Boediono in Jakarta to boost economic and
trade cooperation between the two countries. Wen said he reached a
broad consensus with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
for the two sides set a new target for a two-way trade volume of USD80
billion by 2015.
MAY 2011
4th The 14th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers Meeting opens in Hanoi. The meet-
ing was also attended by the newly appointed Director of the ASEAN+3
Macroeconomic Research Ofce and the President of the Asia Development
Bank. During the meeting, participants discussed the recent macroeconomic
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situation in the East Asian region. Chinese Deputy Minister of Finance
Li Yong briefed the meeting on Chinas current macroeconomic situation
and the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and put forward ve suggestions for
consolidating the economic recovery of the region.
16th Visiting Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Liang Guanglie
meets with his Singaporean counterpart Teo Chee Hean in Singapore.
Teo, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said there has been rapid progress
in bilateral relations and that the two sides had sound cooperation in areas
including defence. Liang said that China and Singapore share a strong
tradition of friendship and that mutual political trust has been growing.
19th Visiting Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Liang Guanglie
meets his Indonesian counterpart Purnomo Yusgiantoro in Jakarta. They
exchanged views on bilateral ties and issues of common concern. Stressing
that Indonesia would continue to support China in international and
regional affairs, Purnomo said he hoped the two sides would join hands
to further bilateral ties, deepen cooperation in defence and the military,
and safeguard regional peace and stability. Liang said that China is willing
to work with Indonesia to push forward their strategic partnership, making
fresh contributions to the prosperity and development of the region.
23rd Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Liang Guanglie wraps
up his meetings with Philippine ofcials pledging to resolve territorial
disputes in the South China Sea through dialogue. Philippine President
Benigno Aquino III met with Liang in Manila, hoping to promote all-
round development between the two countries. During Liangs visit with
Philippines Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, both sides emphasise the
need to maintain peaceful relations, especially with respect to territorial
matters in the South China Sea.
24th ASEAN and China celebrate the ofcial inauguration of the China-
ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Centre in Beijing. The Centre was
inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Zhou Shengxian, Chinas Minister of Environ-
mental Protection. The China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Centre
was established in 2009 following the adoption of the China-ASEAN
Strategy on Environmental Protection Cooperation 20092015, which was
a result of an initiative made by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the 11th
China-ASEAN Summit in 2007. The Centre is the major implementation
institution of the Strategy, which serves as a guiding document for ensuring
a coordinated and phased approach to promoting ASEAN-China envir-
onmental cooperation.
26th The Deputy Secretary General of the Zhengzhou Municipal Government,
Mr. Song Baisong, together with respective delegations, visit the ASEAN
Secretariat to be briefed on the 17th Zhengzhou National Commodity
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Fair and Consumer Goods Expo to be held 1618 September 2011. The
delegations were received by the ASEAN Secretariats Director of Market
Integration Directorate, Mr. Subash Bose Pillai. Song invited ASEANs
private sector to participate in the three-day expo which exhibits consumer
products, electronics and electrical items, jewellery, foodstuffs and com-
modities from both ASEAN and China.
26th28th At the invitation of Chinas President, Hu Jintao, the President of
Myanmar, Thein Sein, arrives in China for a visit aimed at improving
the two countries commercial ties. It was Thein Seins rst bilateral trip
to a foreign country since assuming the presidency in late March. The
president met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on the
27th. The two sides upgraded their relationship to strategic partnership
and inked economic agreements.
JUNE 2011
2nd3rd Senior Ofcials from 10 ASEAN countries and China gather in Guangxis
Beihai City, to prepare for the upcoming 8th China-ASEAN Expo to be
held 2126 October 2011 and the China-ASEAN Business Investment
Summit to take place 2122 October 2011. According to the Secretary
General of The China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) Secretariat, Zheng Junjian,
the last CAEXPO reached a total trade volume of USD9.8 billion and
a contractual volume of USD41.7 billion. For this year, the 8th CAEXPO,
the two-way trade target is USD500 billion by 2015, as set by Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao at the 13th ASEAN-China Summit in 2010.
6th Chinese Organisation Minister Li Yuanchao visits the ASEAN Secre-
tariat and reafrms bilateral cooperation. He was accompanied by the
Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia, Madame Zhang Qiyue, and other
senior ofcials. The Chinese delegation was welcomed by ASEAN
Deputy Secretary-General for the Economic Community, Mr. Sundram
Pushpanathan, ASEAN Deputy Secretary General for Corporate and
Community Affairs, Mr. Bagas Hapsoro, and other senior ofcials from
the ASEAN Secretariat.
8th9th The ASEAN-China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Confer-
ence, with the theme Maximising Trade under the ASEAN-China Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) takes place in Kuala Lumpur. The two-day
conference aimed to create awareness and provide the latest updates on
the ASEAN-China FTA (ACFTA) to SMEs. The Conference was organ-
ised jointly by the SME Corp Malaysia and Asian Strategy and Leadership
Institute, and supported by the ASEAN-China Trade Negotiating
Committee-Working Group on Economic Cooperation.
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21st Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with Cambodian Deputy Prime
Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh and calls for cultivating relations
between the two countries and their armed forces to a higher level.
26th State Councillor and Defence Minister Liang Guanglie holds talks
with visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister
Tea Banh, calling for deeper cooperation between the two countries.
JULY 2011
1st Youth leaders from 10 ASEAN Member States and China gather in
Phnom Penh as part of commemorative activities lined up to celebrate
the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations this year. Par-
ticipants shared youth experiences from their countries and discussed
ways to strengthen youth relations between ASEAN and China. The
ASEAN-China Youth Leaders Symposium was co-sponsored by the
ASEAN-China Cooperation Fund and in-kind contributions from the
host, the Kingdom of Cambodia.
3rd ASEAN and Chinese industry representatives explore value-added indus-
trial cooperation during the Second China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation
Conference in Kunming. The event attracted about 280 entrepreneurs
from ASEAN and China. The theme was China-ASEAN Free Trade
Area and Industry Connectivity and was organised by the China-ASEAN
Business Council and the Municipal Government of Kunming. It was
rst held in September 2010.
6th A forum commemorating the 20th anniversary of relations between China
and ASEAN is held in Jakarta. Wang Zhongwei, Vice Minister of Chinas
State Council Information Ofce, spoke at the forum, as well as Chinese
Ambassador to Indonesia, Zhang Qiyue.
8th Chinas Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds talks with visiting Philippine
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. Both sides exchanged views
on the current situation in the South China Sea, emphasising they will
jointly remain committed to safeguarding peace and stability in the South
China Sea in the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties on the
South China Sea signed by China and the ASEAN countries.
20th At the ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting in Bali, co-chaired by Vietnam
and China, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, says that
the agreement on the Guidelines on the Implementation of the Declaration on
the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea is a momentous and historic
landmark, and is a reection of the fact that the ASEAN Regional Forum
works. This sentiment was shared by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi, who described the agreement as a very important landmark.
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28th Cambodia hosts the 3rd Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ministerial
Meeting to discuss the second phase of the Subregional Environment
Programme. Representatives of GMS countries, namely Cambodia, the
Peoples Republic of China, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, the
Union of Myanmar, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam met in Phnom Penh to discuss and decide on continuing
collaboration on the environment. The 3rd GMS Environment Ministers
meeting was opened by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun
Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
AUGUST 2011
4th At the conclusion of the 17th GMS Ministerial Conference in Phnom
Penh, the GMS Ministers support the new GMS Strategic Framework
20122022, which will guide the GMS Programme into the next decade.
They also explored enhancing implementation of the new Framework
by initiating the process of preparing a regional master plan for the GMS.
The new Strategic Framework was to be considered for endorsement by
the GMS Summit in December 2011.
12th At the 13th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN-Mekong Basin Develop-
ment Cooperation (AMBDC) held in Manado, Indonesia, the ASEAN
Economic Ministers emphasise the need for the activities under the
Singapore-Kunming Rail Link (SKRL) Project to be aligned and syn-
chronised with those of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity
(MPAC). This years AMBDC Ministerial Meeting is the rst since the
ASEAN Leaders adopted the MPAC at the 18th ASEAN Summit in
Hanoi on 28 October 2010. The SKRL Project is a agship project of
the AMBDC and a priority agenda item in ASEAN transport coopera-
tion. The circular 7,000-kilometre rail link will connect the capital cities
in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand.
14 development projects in the Mekong Basin are still in need of
nancial resources, while 37 projects are already at different levels of
implementation. The ASEAN Economic Ministers were updated on the
projects progress at the 13th Ministerial Meeting of the AMBDC.
At the 14th Consultation of the ASEAN Economic Ministers and
Economic Ministers of the Peoples Republic of China, Japan and the
Republic of Korea (part of the programme at the 43rd Asia Europe
Meeting [AEM] Ministers Meeting and Related Meetings), several trade
statistics were announced. In 2010, ASEANs exports to China increased
by 39.1 per cent, from USD81.6 billion in 2009 to USD113.5 billion in
2010. This helped China become ASEANs second largest export destina-
tion. Imports increased by 21.8 per cent from USD96.6 billion in 2009
to USD117.7 billion. China remains ASEANs largest trading partner
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and accounts for 11.3 per cent of ASEANs total trade. Conversely,
ASEAN was Chinas fourth largest trading partner and accounted for 9.8
per cent of Chinas total trade, but in the rst half of 2011, ASEAN
improved to become Chinas third largest trading partner.
21st27th At the invitation of H.E. Mdm Tong Xiaoling, Ambassador of China to
ASEAN, the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR)
pays a week-long working visit to China. The Deputy Secretary-
General of ASEAN for Political Security Community, H.E. Sayakane
Sisouvong, also joined the visit. Both sides exchanged views on issues
of regional and international concern. The visit renewed their mutual
commitment in the future, as they mark 20 years of ASEAN-China
dialogue relations this year.
30th Philippine President Benigno Aquino visits China on a mission to secure
USD60 billion in economic deals, amid tension between the two sides over
the South China Sea issue. Aquino, in his rst state visit to China, met with
President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and business representatives during
his ve-day tour, which also took him to Shanghai and Xiamen.
SEPTEMBER 2011
6th The 5th Meeting of the China-Vietnam Steering Committee for Bilateral
Cooperation is held in Hanoi under the chairmanship of Chinese State
Councillor Dai Bingguo and Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen
Thien Nhan. The two sides exchanged in-depth views and reached broad
consensus on further developing China-Vietnam relations.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu
Trong and Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, meet with Dai
respectively. Dai conveyed General Secretary Hu Jintaos oral message to
Nguyen Phu Trong on the development of relations between the two Parties
and countries. They reiterated their abiding by the consensus reached between
the leaders of the two countries, international laws and the spirit of the
Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, solving marine
disputes peacefully through negotiations and friendly consultations and taking
effective measures to safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
16th The 9th East Asia Forum is held in Chengdu with the theme of Accelerat-
ing Regional Integration: Internal Growth Engine of East Asia. Nearly 100
participants, including government ofcials and representatives of the business
and academic communities of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, as well
as ASEAN members and ofcials of the ASEAN Secretariat attended the
Forum and discussed the Greater Regional Market, Regional Connectivity
of Infrastructure and Regional Industrial Match-Making and Transfer.
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18th21st Choummaly Saygnasone, Secretary General of the Lao Peoples Revolution-
ary Party Central Committee and President of the Lao Peoples Democratic
Republic, wraps up his four-day ofcial visit to China. He met with Chinas
President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping. The
two sides reached extensive consensus on further developing relations between
the two countries, and issued a joint communique.
OCTOBER 2011
7th The 11th ASEAN Plus Three Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry
(AMAF Plus Three) sign the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
(APTERR) Agreement in Jakarta. The Agreement is a testimony of
ASEANs efforts with China, Japan and the Republic of Korea to ensure
the long-term food security and livelihoods of the people in the region as
envisioned by the ASEAN Heads of Government at the 14th ASEAN
Summit in 2009.
10th The China and ASEAN (10+1) Cultural Ministerial Meeting is held in
Chongqing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the dialogue between
China and ASEAN. China and ASEAN ofcials agreed to a schedule for
ministerial meetings and announced that the rst ofcial meeting will
be held in Singapore in 2012. After the meeting, China signed bilateral
agreements with Laos and Cambodia to arrange mutual visits for cultural
ofcials and performance troupes.
13th The ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC)
Ministers discusses cross-cutting issues in eight priority areas of transnational
crime: counter-terrorism, trafcking in persons, illicit drug trafcking,
money laundering, sea piracy, arms smuggling, international economic
crime and cyber crime. They also explored ways to widen and deepen
the existing frameworks of cooperation, both among ASEAN Member
States and with ASEAN Dialogue Partners, particularly China, Japan and
the Republic of Korea.
21st Six heads of ASEAN governments attend the ofcial opening of the 8th
China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in Guangxis Nanning City. Other than
the CAEXPO, the opening of the 8th China-ASEAN Business and In-
vestment Summit also attracted business leaders from ASEAN, China
and beyond. To facilitate the movement of ofcials, and to encourage its
residents to visit the various Expo sites, the Nanning government declared
a two-day holiday for 20th and 21st October.
In a meeting with the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin
Pitsuwan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says developing the strategic
relationship with ASEAN is an important platform in Chinas diplomacy,
and besides the opening of the mission in Jakarta, the inauguration of
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the ASEAN Centre in Beijing is another indication of the importance
that China places on its relations with Southeast Asia. The two leaders
also exchanged views on regional developments, as well as developments
in ASEAN.
22nd The China-ASEAN Plaza is opened in the Jiangnan District of Nanning
city. It is a landmark of the growing economic ties between China and
its Southeast Asian neighbours. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pointed out
that the Plaza will serve as an important logistics base, as well as an
exhibi tion and marketing platform. To ensure that supporting mechanisms
are ready to support bilateral trade, ofcials from both sides are also
cooperating on standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment
procedures.
24th At the one-day retreat of the ASEAN Defence Ministers in Bali, the
Ministers and Secretary-General of ASEAN exchange views on ways
and means to further enhance cooperation under the framework of the ASEAN
Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM). Ideas for developing the ADMM-
Plus, in which the ASEAN Defence Ministers meet with their counterparts
from eight Dialogue Partner countries (Australia, China, India, Japan,
the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States) were
also explored.
26th The 8th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the 8th China-ASEAN Busi-
ness and Investment Summit (CABIS) conclude in Nanning. The Expo ended
with a total trade volume of USD1.8 billion and 105 projects signed, an
increase of 5.6% and 10.6%, respectively, from the 7th CAEXPO held in
2010. In line with the theme of the 8th CAEXPO, Environment Protection
Cooperation, the leaders agreed to enhance cooperation in the following
areas: environment promotion, green technology and investment.
Several concurrent events are held to further enhance cooperation
and create business opportunities between the two regions, which among
others, include: the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Forum,
the 1st China-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Technical Barriers to Trade
(TBT), the 8th CAEXPO Roundtable Meeting on Investment Coopera-
tion and the Inauguration of the China-ASEAN Plaza.
30th Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie meets with Laotian Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Douangchay Phichit in Beijing,
saying that the two countries will enhance their cooperation in law
enforcement and security in the Mekong River area. This is a response
to an incident on 5 October in which two Chinese cargo ships, the
Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8, were attacked by armed people on the
Mekong River.
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NOVEMBER
1st Counsellor Wang Jinfeng, Director of the Ofce of ASEAN Affairs from
the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta, presents the Instrument of Ratication
of the Third Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
Southeast Asia (TAC) to Mr Sayakane Sisouvong, Deputy Secretary-General
of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community. The Protocol will
enter into force following ratication by all TAC signatories.
2nd5th The rst experts working-group meeting on humanitarian rescue and
disaster relief under the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting is held in
Beijing. The meeting attracted disaster relief ofcials from the armed
forces and ASEAN Defence Ministries and the 10+8 (Australia, China,
India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, the Republic of Korea and the United
States), as well as ofcials from the ASEAN Secretariat. The defence
ministries of China and Vietnam co-chaired the meeting.
18th Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and state leaders of the ten ASEAN member
nations attend the 14th China-ASEAN summit held in Bali. Both sides
pledged to further strengthen their strategic mutual trust and pragmatic
cooperation in all areas.
The ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) is ofcially launched by leaders
from China and Indonesia at the 14th ASEAN-China Summit in Bali.
The 14th ASEAN+3 Summit is concluded with the inauguration
of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic and Research Ofce (AMRO), the
signing of the ASEAN+3 Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Agreement
and the launching of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian
Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre). At the summit, the heads
of state or government from the ten ASEAN states and Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean
President Lee Myung-Bak exchanged views on the relations among the
countries, discussed the deepening cooperation in defence and security as
a part of the efforts to maintain regional peace and security as well as the
progress of the implementation of ASEAN+3 cooperation plan until 2017.
20th After attending a series of East Asian summit meetings in Indonesia,
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Brunei. At a welcoming banquet hosted
by Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the two leaders agreed that the
two countries cooperation is fruitful and conducive to regional stability
and prosperity.
DECEMBER
10th Chinese police begin joint patrols with their counterparts from Laos,
Myanmar and Thailand to maintain security along the Mekong River.
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The joint patrol marked the restoration of international shipping services
on the Mekong River that had been suspended following deadly attacks
on Chinese cargo ships on 5 October.
14th The 10th ASEAN-China senior transport ofcials meeting begins in Phnom
Penh, focussing on the ASEAN-China maritime consultation mechanism,
the ASEAN-China air transport agreement, and joint ASEAN-China
activities for 2012. The 10th ASEAN and China Senior Transport Ofcials
Meeting was a preparatory meeting for the 10th ASEAN-China Transport
Ministers meeting which is to start on 16 December.
19th Visiting Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo meets separately in Nay
Pyi Taw with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister
Thongsing Thammavong and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung to discuss bilateral ties and regional development.
20th Addressing the 4th Summit of the six-country Greater Mekong Subregion
Economic Cooperation (GMS) group, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo
lauds the GMSs remarkable progress over the past 20 years in areas
such as infrastructure development, trade facilitation and environmental
protection. Dai also put forward a ve-point proposal on economic
cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
This chronology of events in ASEAN-China relations was sourced mainly from the
ASEAN Secretariat website <http://www.ASEANsec.org/>; The Straits Times; Bangkok
Post; Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/>; Peoples Daily;
China Daily; BBC; China ASEAN Association <http://www.chinaasean.org/>; The
Associated Press Newswire and Xinhuanet <http://www.xinhuanet.com>.
CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONS,
APRIL 2011 TO DECEMBER 2011:
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Compiled by WENG Cuifen
26th November 2011 Chairmans Statement of the 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meet-
ing on Science and Technology (AMMST-14)
<http://www.aseansec.org/26748.htm>
18th November 2011 Joint Statement of the 14th ASEAN-China Summit to Com-
memorate the 20th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations
<http://www.aseansec.org/26739.htm>
12th October 2011 Joint Statement of the 2nd ASEAN Plus Peoples Republic
of China Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (2nd
AMMTC+China) Consultation
<http://www.aseansec.org/26695.htm>