On October 16, 2023, Wang Yi, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with ASEAN Secretary General Gao Jinhong at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. China has always regarded ASEAN as a priority direction for China's peripheral diplomacy and will continue to be a strategic partner that ASEAN can trust and rely on. We are willing to work with ASEAN to summarize the successful experience of bilateral relations, consolidate political mutual trust, firmly support each other, create a model and example of practicing the concept of amity, sincerity, and inclusiveness, continue to promote the construction of the "Five Homelands" of peace, tranquility, prosperity, beauty, and friendship, and build a more compact China ASEAN community with a shared future. Wang Yi stated that the China ASEAN Expo has achieved fruitful results in the past 20 years. Next year is the Year of China ASEAN Cultural Exchange, and China is willing to work with ASEAN to expand cooperation in various fields and make the Expo a grand event for all-round and mutually beneficial cooperation between both sides. China will fully support the Secretary General's work and hopes that the ASEAN Secretariat will continue to play a positive role in bilateral cooperation. Gao Jinhong stated that China is the most important comprehensive strategic partner of ASEAN countries, with a long history of friendship and practical cooperation covering a wide range of fields, achieving remarkable results and benefiting the people. The ASEAN Secretariat is actively committed to promoting ASEAN China cooperation and will make every effort to prepare for the ASEAN China Cultural Exchange Year. Congratulate China on the upcoming Third "the Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum. Over the past decade, ASEAN countries have benefited a lot from the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road". A series of cooperation projects have been successfully implemented in ASEAN countries, and ASEAN countries will continue to actively participate. (New News Agency)