Guiyang, 25 August 2022 (TDI): The 15th China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week was opened in China’s Guizhou Province.
The 2022 CAECW is jointly hosted by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, and Guizhou Provincial People’s Government. The theme of the event is “Jointly Building an Amicable Home for a Colorful Future”.
About 2,400 attendees from China, ASEAN countries, and other Belt and Road countries attended the opening of the 2022 CAECW either online or offline.
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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the CAECW. Over the past 15 years, the CAECW has played an active role in promoting high-quality exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN.
All the projects of 2022 CAECW focus on sustainable education cooperation, educational exchanges, and cooperation in the post-pandemic era. Moreover, it includes youth innovation and entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural exchanges of young people.
Remarks of Chinese Vice Premier
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan delivered a speech via video link at the opening ceremony. He stressed that the CAECW has developed into the most typical inter-governmental platform for educational cooperation between China and ASEAN.
It has contributed to people’s well-being, people-to-people exchanges, and the development of bilateral relations among all countries in the region.
China is willing to work with ASEAN countries to take the 15th anniversary of CAECW as a new starting point. China wishes to jointly map out the course of education development and cooperation towards 2030.
Remarks by Governor of Guizhou Province
Governor of Guizhou Province, Li Bingjun also made his remarks at the opening ceremony. Guizhou will keep making use of CAECW to further the practical cooperation with ASEAN to share the benefits of building the Belt and Road.
He added that Guizhou would continue to play the role of the host home of CAECW and expand the cooperation and development between China and ASEAN.
Remarks by Secretary-General of ASEAN
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi also made a speech at the opening ceremony.
He hoped that the two sides will further enhance practical cooperation in exchanges of students, teaching and research personnel, and mutual recognition of academic qualifications.
