ASEAN, China Reaffirm Commitment to Forge Closer Cooperation
China and ASEAN reaffirm commitment to forge closer cooperation at the 16th Meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held in Jakarta on 10 April 2015.
China and ASEAN welcomed the significant progress in the implementation of the activities and projects under the present ASEAN-China Plan of Action (POA) for 2011-2015, but emphasized the need to step-up the pace of implementation for the remaining measures in the plan as this POA is reaching maturity by end-2015.
China and ASEAN are now working on the POA for 2016-2020 which has to be forward-looking and inclusive, addressing the needs and expectation of ASEAN and China in the new era.