东盟国家教育高官代表团到访中国—东盟中心

□ 文/中国—东盟中心

东盟国家教育高官代表团到访中国—东盟中心

□ 文/中国—东盟中心

6月21日，中国—东盟中心秘书长杨秀萍在中心秘书处会见由东盟副秘书长翁贴率领的东盟国家教育高官代表团一行。代表团由马来西亚教育部副常秘拉赫曼、高等教育部副常秘苏莱曼、菲律宾教育部副常秘穆尤特、泰国教育部常务副常秘瓦塔纳蓬以及缅甸教育部、柬埔寨教育青年体育部、老挝教育与体育部、新加坡教育部、东盟秘书处有关教育官员组成。中心综合协调部主任黄英、教育文化旅游部主任孔如梦等参加会见。

杨秀萍秘书长热烈欢迎翁贴副秘书长一行到访中心，简要介绍了中心的主要工作情况。她表示，中国—东盟教育交流合作是双方人文交流的重要组成部分，取得了丰硕成果，合作前景广阔。2016年双方互派留学生规模已超过20万人。中心在教育、文化、旅游等领域组织了一系列丰富多彩的活动，包括深度参与中国—东盟教育周、开展青年交流项目，推动职业教育合作等。2017年，中心正结合、盟成立50周年、中国—东盟旅游合作年以及中国—东盟教育交流周10周年等重要契机，积极实施相关旗舰项目，希望继续得到东盟秘书处以及东盟各国相关部门的大力支持。

翁贴副秘书长赞赏中国—东盟中心成立以来为促进东盟与中国务实合作做出的大量卓有成效的工作。他表示，教育在各国经济社会发展中发挥着重要作用，是东盟社会文化共同体建设的重要方面。代表团此次访华，旨在与中方有关部门广泛交流，探讨商签《中国—东盟教育合作行动计划》事宜，进一步深化东盟—中国人文合作。东盟秘书处愿同中心加强沟通，共同开展教育、文化等领域交流活动。

马来西亚教育部副常秘拉赫曼、菲律宾教育部副常秘穆尤特等简要介绍了东盟提升教育合作水平的有关情况，期待同中方加强在职业教育、教师培训、青年交流等领域的交流合作，希望中心继续发挥积极作用。

东盟国家教育高官代表团到访中国—东盟中心

On 21 June 2017, Secretary-General H.E.Mme. Yang Xiuping of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) met with ASEAN Senior Education Officials Delegation led by H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN Secretariat, at the ACC Secretariat. The Delegation was comprised of Mr. Mohd. Khairul Adib Bin Abd Rahman, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Malaysia, Dr. Ahmad Nazri Sulaiman,Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia, Atty. Alberto Jesus T. Muyot,Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of the Philippines, and Ms. Watanaporn Ra-Ngubtook, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Thailand, as well as senior education officials from the Ministry of Education of Myanmar,Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia,Ministry of Education and Sport of Lao PDR, Ministry of Education of Singapore and ASEAN Secretariat.Ms. Huang Ying, Director of General Affairs and Coordination Division, Ms. Kong Roatlomang, Director of Education, Culture and Tourism Division of ACC,attended the meeting.

ACC Secretary-General Yang Xiuping warmly greeted the delegation, and briefly introduced ACC’s main work.She said that ASEAN-China education cooperation is vital for people-to-people exchanges between both sides,achieving fruitful and productive outcomes and having a broad perspective. In 2016, the student mobility between the two sides exceeded 200,000. ACC has carried out a rich variety of activities in the areas of education,culture and tourism, including deeply participating in the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW),conducting youth exchange programme and promoting TVET cooperation. In 2017, taking the big momentum of the 50thanniversary of ASEAN, ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation and the 10thanniversary of CAECW, ACC has been actively implementing relevant flagship projects, hoping to continuously receive big support from ASEAN Secretariat and related departments of ASEAN countries.

Deputy Secretary-General Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee praised ACC’s effective and fruitful work in promoting practical cooperation between ASEAN and China since its inception. He stated that education plays a great role in social and economic development of each country,and is also a key part in developing ASEAN social and cultural community. The visit of the delegation to China is aiming to have a comprehensive exchange of views with relevant departments, and discuss on the signing of ASEAN-China Education Cooperation Action Plan, thus to further deepen ASEAN-China people-topeople collaboration. The ASEAN Secretariat is willing to strengthen communication with ACC and jointly conduct activities in the fields of education and culture.

Mohd. Khairul Adib Bin Abd Rahman, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Malaysia and Atty. Alberto Jesus T. Muyot, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of the Philippines briefed on relevant situation and effort to improving education cooperation of ASEAN countries,and expected to strengthen collaboration with China in the fields of TVET, teacher training, youth exchanges,and hoped that ACC could continuously play its active role.

ASEAN Senior Education Officials Delegation Visited ACC

By ASEAN-China Centre (ACC)