ASEAN Secretary General Lin Yuhui said on the 22nd that ASEAN attaches great importance to developing relations with China, appreciates China's contribution to maintaining regional peace and security and promoting regional economic cooperation, and will promote the in-depth development of ASEAN China comprehensive strategic partnership. When accepting the letter of appointment from Hou Yanqi, the new Chinese ambassador to ASEAN, Lin Yuhui said that he looked forward to deepening trade and investment cooperation with China, promoting the upgrading of the ASEAN China Free Trade Area, strengthening exchanges in digital, green, social, cultural and other fields, and consolidating cultural ties. The ASEAN Secretariat will actively support Ambassador Hou and the Chinese Mission to ASEAN in their work and promote the in-depth development of the ASEAN China comprehensive strategic partnership. Hou Yanqi expressed that China is willing to further strengthen coordination and cooperation with ASEAN, implement the outcomes of the commemorative summit on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China ASEAN dialogue relations and the China ASEAN leaders' meeting, promote the joint construction of "five homelands" and build a closer China ASEAN community of shared future. (Liu Xinshe)