Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng held a dialogue in Wuhan on the afternoon of May 15 with education ministers from ASEAN countries attending the 2025 World Digital Education Conference there. Vice Minister of Education Wu Yan served as moderator.
Huai noted that China places a high priority on its educational exchanges and cooperation with ASEAN. At the commemorative summit marking the 30th anniversary of China–ASEAN dialogue relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and ASEAN and proposed a new vision to guide China–ASEAN educational cooperation. In recent years, in line with the Vision and Action on China–ASEAN Education Cooperation and Development (2022–2030), China and ASEAN countries have made significant progress in talent cultivation, industrial development, and people-to-people ties through cooperation and exchange.
Looking forward, Huai called for the establishment of a China–ASEAN Education Ministers Consultative Mechanism, as well as joint efforts to identify priority areas such as talent training, industry–education integration, collaborative scientific research, artificial intelligence development, teacher and student exchanges, in order to create a new cooperation framework for the China–ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership.
During the dialogue, officials and representatives from ASEAN countries delivered remarks, including Hang Chuon Naron, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia; Permpoon Chidchob, Minister of Education of Thailand; and education ministers from Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore. They commended achievements in China–ASEAN educational cooperation and expressed unanimous support for Huai’s proposal. They also voiced their willingness to work with China to further promote high-quality development of bilateral educational cooperation and deepen mutual learning and trust across cultures, contributing to a stronger China–ASEAN community with a shared future.
