Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Monday at a regular press conference that the 29th China-ASEAN Senior Officials’ Consultation will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, from Wednesday to Friday.

According to the spokesperson, the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nong Rong will lead a delegation to the conference and co-chair the conference with U Chan Aye, ASEAN-Myanmar SOM Leader of Myanmar, the ASEAN Country Coordinator for ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations.

Mao introduced that the China-ASEAN Senior Officials’ Consultation is an important annual consultation mechanism between the foreign affairs departments of China and ASEAN countries, where preparations can be made for the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the China-ASEAN Summit.

China and ASEAN members will deepen practical cooperation in areas of political security, trade and economy, social, cultural and people-to-people exchange, and agriculture and food security through the Consultation mechanism, said Mao.