The 2013 China-ASEAN Ambassadors’ Friendship Golf Tournament was held in Beijing, sponsored by the CPAFFC and China-ASEAN Association and organized by China-ASEAN Ambassadors’ Golf Club and CIMGROUP (China) Ltd. Around one hundred players, including ambassadors and diplomats from embassies of Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and other ASEAN countries as well as friends from the diplomatic corps, participated in the event together with Chinese delegates.
CPAFFC Vice President Jing Dunquan made a speech and said that the Tournament had been held four times with growing significance and wider participation, serving as a bridge for the promotion of understanding and friendship between Chinese people and diplomats from ASEAN countries as well as from other parts of the world.
H.E. Nguyen Van Tho, Ambassador of Vietnam in Beijing expressed sincere gratitude for the sponsors’ kind invitation and arrangements. He said that in the past years ASEAN and China had deepened cooperation in various fields as politics, economy, trade and people-to-people exchanges. ASEAN has now become the third largest trade partner with China. The year 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of strategic partnership between ASEAN and China. The two sides are expected to join efforts to push forward the friendship and cooperation to a higher level.
