Chongqing- A light show was staged on the exterior walls of Chongqing World Financial Center and Chongqing Grand Theater to warmly welcome guests from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China. ASEAN guests who boarded the cruise ship enjoyed the amazing lighting view in Chonqing and some commented "marvelous". 

Cai Yunge, Deputy Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government and Hong Liang, Director-General of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China accompanied Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on board.

The Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations and the Sixth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality on June 7 and 8 repectively.

Cai Yunge, Deputy Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, said that in recent years, Chongqing has played a significant role in connecting the Belt and Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, advancing its opening-up. It leads to increasingly closer contacts with ASEAN countries, where ASEAN has become Chongqing's largest trading partner.

According to Cai, relying on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, Chongqing and ASEAN countries can use the corridor to power the logistics and then to power the industry. He believes this can further deepen the friendly cooperation between them.

While visiting the night view of the two rivers in Chongqing by cruise ship, guests took pictures and praised "marvelous!". The views showed on Chongqing Grand Theater and another building exterior also won their applaud.    

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that the trade promotion office set up by Vietnam in Chongqing has greatly promoted the economic and trade exchanges between Chongqing and Vietnam as well as the whole ASEAN.

In addition, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn also took this opportunity to thank Chongqing for its assistance in sending prevention materials to Cambodia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Du Min, as an intern, also contributed to this report.)