Last Updated: October 31 2006

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cites the need to continue strengthening the partnership between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in her speech at the opening ceremonies of the 3rd China-Asean Expo at the Nanning International Conference and Exhibition Center in Nanning City, China Tuesday (October 31). In her speech, the President said the Asean-China partnership can be strengthened further by promoting confidence-building measures, intensifying interactions, and allocating adequate resources to steer the relations and cooperation for mutual benefit. (Dado Aguilar --OPS-NIB Photo)