On August 7th, 2020, the Flag-Raising Ceremony of the Day of ASEAN of 2020 was hold by ASEAN Committee Beijing in Thailand Embassy in China. Chen Xiaodong, foreign affairs assistant minister, attended the ceremony.
Chen Xiaodong congratulated the 53rd anniversary on the establishment of the ASEAN. He said that countries of ASEAN worked together to progress and became the fifth largest economy in the world as well as the first community in Asia. The peace, stability and prosperity were maintained in the Southeast Asia. Ever since the pandemic, China and ASEAN had been working closely to fight against the pandemic and to recover economy, which set an example of global cooperation to fight against the pandemic. China was willing to support the construction of ASEAN community; to support ASEAN to be the core of the cooperation among the East Asia and to jointly prepare for this year’s ASEAN-China Summit and Meetings of Foreign Ministers, so as to push China-ASEAN tie to reach further progress in the post-pandemic era with themes of “cooperation to fight against the pandemic” and “common development”.
Chen Dehai, secretary general of the ASEAN-China Center, and ambassadors to China from countries of ASEAN attended the event.