The Eighth ASEAN – China Ministerial Meeting on SPS Cooperation was held on 6 October 2023. The Meeting was attended by the ASEAN Member States and China as well as the Secretary-General of ASEAN. The Meeting was co-chaired by His Excellency Datuk Seri Haji Mohamad bin Sabu, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Malaysia, and His Excellency Zhao Zenglian, CPC Committee Member of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China, Head of the National Office of Port Administration.
The Meeting fully supported the practical implementation of the ASEAN-China Joint Statement on Strengthening Common and Sustainable Development and the ASEAN-China Joint Statement on Food Security Cooperation that were adopted at the 25th ASEAN-China Summit in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, on 11 November 2022. During the summit, the Leaders of ASEAN and China jointly designated 2023 as the China-ASEAN Year of Agricultural Development and Food Security Cooperation, and agreed to further deepen cooper
ation in the areas of SPS to ensure food security and food safety, animal health and plant health in the region.
Source: Association of SouthEast Asian Nation