摘要
On March 30-31, the International Symposium on Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN, themed "New Beginning, New Opportunity" and jointly hosted by CIIS and the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), was held in Beijing. Opening remarks were made respectively by Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou, CIIS Vice President Rong Ying. Secretary-General of ACC Yang Xiuping, and Elizabeth T. Te, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Philippine embassy. ASEAN's Deputy Secretary-General AKP Mochtan delivered a keynote speech.