Bangkok - China Daily, the national English-language daily newspaper of China, launched its new Asia edition, China Daily Asia Weekly, together with the second Asia Leadership Roundtable, in Bangkok on Wednesday.

The inaugural ceremony was officiated at the Bangkok Four Seasons Hotel by Minister of Science and Technology of the Kingdom of Thailand Dr Virachai Viramettekul and Political Consultant of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Thailand Xu Qing.

More than 120 government officials, businessmen and media representatives from the Chinese mainland, Thailand and Hong Kong attended.