Malaysia's prime minister on Saturday used the opening of the ASEAN Summit to launch a stinging condemnation of terrorist attacks that have shaken the world in recent weeks.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Friday that ASEAN economy is expected to expand 5.6 percent through to 2019 with the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
The 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit will officially kick off on Saturday at which leaders from the 10 member countries are expected to discuss future development of the grouping and ways to expand and deepen regional integration.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing for Kuala Lumpur on Friday to attend a series of annual leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation and pay an official visit to Malaysia from Nov 20 to 23.
Premier Li heads for Malaysia to attend a series of ASEAN-related meetings, and insiders believe this will help improve China-ASEAN relations.
The implementation rate of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) measures have reached 92.7 percent with some 469 measures carried out, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has revealed.
Malaysia has delivered on its promise to bring ASEAN closer to the people during its 2015 chairmanship of the regional grouping, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said.
China's "Belt and Road" initiative is expected to help revive the Malaysian state of Malacca, a major trade port in the history of the country that once attracted merchants from China and India, the chief minister of the state has said.
Police chiefs from China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) met for an inter-ministerial meeting on law enforcement and security cooperation on Friday in Beijing.
Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said Friday that China and ASEAN members should make joint efforts to finish the negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) by the end of this year.
Editor's note: From poverty reduction and railway construction projects to political and trade cooperation, relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have developed rapidly. China Daily looks back at the milestones along the road to regional prosperity as Premier Li Keqiang attends a series of meetings in Kuala Lumpur.
The 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting opened here Tuesday, drawing foreign ministers and representatives from 10 Southeast Asian countries to focus on the establishment of the ASEAN Community by the end of this year.
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