On 27 May 2021, the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government (hereinafterreferred to as “Shandong FAO”) and the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) was signed in Jinan, Shandong Province. Mr. Cai Xianjin, Director-General of Shandong FAO, and Mr. Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of ACC, signed the memorandumon behalf of the two sides.
According to the memorandum, the two sides will establish aneffective long-term communication mechanismand jointly promote the friendly exchanges and practical cooperation between Shandong province and ASEAN Member States (AMS) in the fields of trade, investment, education, culture, tourism, information and media.