陳德海就任中國—東盟中心秘書長

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2018年7月2日，中國—東盟中心新任秘書長陳德海抵達(dá)中國—東盟中心秘書處履新。中國外交部亞洲司副司長毛寧陪同陳秘書長前往中心秘書處。秘書處全體工作人員熱情迎接并祝賀陳秘書長到任。

在歡迎儀式上，毛寧副司長表示，中國—東盟中心作為中國和東盟成員國共同成立的政府間國際組織，自2011年成立以來做了大量卓有成效的工作，受到雙方社會各界廣泛贊譽。陳德海秘書長曾長期在東盟國家工作，經(jīng)驗豐富，擁有杰出的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力和團隊合作精神。2018年是中國—東盟建立戰(zhàn)略伙伴關(guān)系15周年和中國—東盟創(chuàng)新年。相信在陳秘書長領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，中國—東盟中心一定能取得更大成績，為中國—東盟全方位友好合作做出更大貢獻。中國外交部將繼續(xù)全力支持中心秘書處和新任秘書長的工作。

陳德海秘書長在致辭中感謝中國政府和東盟成員國政府的信任與支持，高度評價了中國—東盟關(guān)系發(fā)展取得的豐碩成果，以及中國—東盟中心為促進雙方各領(lǐng)域友好交流與務(wù)實合作發(fā)揮的重要作用。他表示，將在前任秘書長奠定的堅實基礎(chǔ)上，與秘書處全體同事攜手努力，開拓創(chuàng)新，充分發(fā)揮橋梁紐帶作用，深化中國和東盟在貿(mào)易、投資、教育、文化、旅游以及信息媒體等領(lǐng)域的合作，增進雙方民眾的相互了解和友誼，為新時期中國—東盟關(guān)系發(fā)展作出積極貢獻。

經(jīng)中國—東盟中心聯(lián)合理事會批準(zhǔn)，陳德海先生自2018年7月1日起任第三任中國—東盟中心秘書長，任期3年。

H.E. Mr. Chen Dehai Assumed Office as Secretary-General of ACC

By ASEAN-China Centre (ACC)

H.E. Mr. Chen Dehai, the new Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), arrived at the ACC Secretariat on July 2, 2018, and was warmly greeted by all the officials and staff of ACC. Ms. Mao Ning, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of China, accompanied Secretary-General Chen to the ACC Secretariat.

A welcoming ceremony was held at the ACC Secretariat. In her remarks, Deputy Director-General Mao opined that being the only inter-governmental organization jointly established by ASEAN and China,ACC has achieved tremendously since its inauguration in 2011, which has been acknowledged by the leaders and people from various sectors of the 11 countries.Mr. Chen’s diplomatic career has been posted in several ASEAN nations and is regarded as a capable senior diplomat with outstanding leadership and teamwork spirit. This year marks the 15thanniversary of ASEANChina strategic partnership and ASEAN-China Year of Innovation. She is confident that under the leadership of Secretary-General Chen Dehai, ACC will make itself a more prominent organization and contribute more to ASEAN-China relations. The Chinese MFA would continue to give its full support to the ACC Secretariat and its new Secretary-General in their future work.

Secretary-General Chen, in his remarks, extended his appreciation to the trust and support rendered by the governments of ASEAN Member States and China. He spoke highly of the fruitful achievements of ASEANChina relations and the important role ACC has played in promoting all-round practical cooperation between ASEAN and China. He expressed the readiness to build on the solid foundation laid by his predecessors,and work with all the colleagues at ACC to continue to bridge over the government and private sectors and spare no efforts in advocating cooperation in areas of trade, investment, education, culture, tourism and information and media, and to enhance mutual understanding and friendship among the peoples of both sides so as to contribute to the development of ASEANChina relations in the new era.

As approved by ACC Joint Council, H.E. Mr. Chen Dehai’s tenure as the third Secretary-General of ACC is three years starting from July 1, 2018.