On 6 June 2016, the Asian Session of the Forum on Global Production Capacity and Business Cooperation was held in Wuhan. The Session was co-hosted by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Hubei Provincial Government. ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) was the supporting organization. H.E. Mr. Gan Rongkun, Vice Governor of Hubei province, Mr. To Ngoc Son, Deputy Director of Asian Pacific Market Department of Ministry of Trade and Industry, Viet Nam and the guests from the government sectors and enterprises of both ASEAN and China attended the Session. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ACC attended the Session upon invitation and delivered a keynote speech.
Secretary-General Yang Xiuping remarked that, Asia was one of the most dynamic regions in the world. At present, when the global economy was undergoing profound adjustment, how to innovate the concept of development, speed up economic transformation, and achieve a win-win result through cooperation, was a common task faced by all Asian countries including ASEAN and China. ASEAN was an important regional organization in Asia, as well as the priority in co-building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. China, together with ASEAN and other Asian countries, should further improve bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanisms, strengthen policy matching, simplify market access for trade and investment, and create a better atmosphere for cooperation. International capacity cooperation cannot be strengthened without active participation of provincial and local governments and enterprises. She hoped the Forum would give Asian countries a bigger picture of Central China, while the relevant sectors of the provinces of Central China could take this opportunity to make active matching and find more common interests with their counterparts, to create a mutually beneficial future together.
Vice Governor Gan Rongkun said, China was an active implementer and promoter of Asian regional cooperation. In recent years, China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, and set up the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund, which provided a conducive policy and financial environment for Asian regional cooperation. The Asian countries should take this opportunity to make joint efforts in building a Community of Common Destiny. Hubei had geographic advantages and solid industrial foundations. Hubei would like to strengthen its cooperation with the Asian countries, to make contributions to the development and prosperity of this region.
H.E. Mr. Kamal Mostafa, Vice Minister of Electricity, Energy and Mining of Bangladesh, Mr. To Ngoc Son, Deputy Director of Asian Pacific Market Department of Ministry of Trade and Industry of Viet Nam, Mr. Kol Phanna, Deputy Director of Cooperation Department of Ministry of Information of Cambodia etc, introduced the investment environment of their countries. China Gezhouba Group, Wuhan Optical Valley Compass Group Holdings Ltd., and other enterprises promoted their projects in the Session.