JAKARTA, April 11 -- ASEAN and China reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen their strategic partnership at the 20th ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (ACJCC) meeting held on 9 April at the ASEAN Secretariat.

The meeting welcomed the significant progress made in the implementation of the ASEAN-China Plan of Action 2016-2020 which includes the large number of activities and projects implemented in more than 82% of the identified action lines. Notable progress has been made in areas such as traditional and non-traditional security, trade, tourism, agriculture, transport, education, health, culture and information, media, environment, and narrowing the development gap.

Progress was also achieved in following up the decisions ...