The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
Priorities of Cooperation
Various economic opportunities and challenges that are taking place globally and regionally have been discussed by EAS countries. In setting course for the initiatives and economic cooperation activities for the EAS participating countries, the EMM is assisted by the Econom
Overview
ASEAN-EAS Economic Cooperation refers to the cooperation among the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their eight external partners, namely Australia, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.
EAS plays a
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Overview
Publications and Related Links to The Sector The Signing of the ASEAN – Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement and ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees Priority Areas of Cooperation The ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) and ASEAN- Hong Kong, China Investment Agreement (AHKIA) are the key platforms to foster economic partnership, support technical capacity building and policy dialogue Overview asean-hong-kong-china-economic-relationtransparent600#0060a9
Publications and Related Links to The Sector
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
The primary element of the institutional structure is the AHKFTA Joint Committee (AHKFTA-JC), which reports regularly to the consultations of the Economic Ministers of ASEAN and HKC (known as AEM-HKC Consultations) through the meetings of their Senior Economic Offici
Priority Areas of Cooperation
ASEAN Hong Kong FTA and Investment Agreement
Overview
ASEAN-Hong Kong, China (HKC) trade value reached USD 132.5 billion in 2024, accounting for 3.5% of ASEAN’s total trade, placing HKC as the 6th largest trading partner for ASEAN. Meanwhile, FDI inflows from the HKC to ASEAN amounted to USD 14.3 billion in 2024, accounting for 6.3% of ASEAN
ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Economic Relation
