On March 27, 2015, as an important program within the framework of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2015，the ASEAN-China Governors/Mayors’Dialogue (ACGMD) was held at Boao, Hainan. Leaders from 16 provinces and cities in China and ASEAN countries attended the Dialogue. Through in-depth discussions on the theme of “Local Cooperation: Driving Force to Build a Community of Common Destiny”, the representatives reached various consensus and signed the Joint Statement Issued by the ASEAN-China Governors/Mayors’Dialogue. Vice President Lin Yi of CPAFFC hosted the Dialogue and made a speech.

The representatives proposed that the ACGMD be held annually at Boao during the BFA annual conferences. They also agreed to share their achievements and opportunities and seek common development through enhanced local cooperation in an open and inclusive spirit, including the exchanges in connectivity, maritime cooperation, investment, tourism, agriculture and culture, so as to promote the mutual trust and friendship between China and ASEAN and push the bilateral relationship to a new height.

The Chinese attendants include Governor Liu Cigui of Hainan Province, Mayor Huang Qifan of Chongqing Municipality, Vice Mayor Yan Qingmin of Tianjin Municipality, Vice Governor Wang Lixia of Shaanxi Province, Mayor Miao Ruilin of Nanjing City, Vice Mayor Xie Shuangcheng of Hangzhou City and Vice Mayor Dong Xiaoli of Qingdao City.

Their ASEAN representatives are: Deputy Chairman Mansor B M Yassin of Municipal Board from Bandar Seri Begawan of Brunei Darussalam, Governor Lorn Limthay of Kampong Cham Province of Cambodia, Vice Governor Trac Thai Sieng of Phnom Penh of Cambodia, Governor Made Mangku Pastika of Bali Province of Indonesia, Vice Governor Keophilavanh Aphaylath of Vientiane of Laos, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng of Penang State of Malaysia, Mayor U Hla Myint of Yangon of Myanmar, Provincial Parliament Member Celestino A. Martinez III of Cebu Province of the Philippines and Vice Governor Punlop Singhasenee of Phuket Province of Thailand.