On July 21, 2015, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with envoys of ten ASEAN countries in China. Both parties exchanged views on China-ASEAN relations.

Wang Yi expressed that China and ASEAN countries are friendly neighbors linked by rivers and mountains, as well as a common destiny community sharing weal and woe. Our biggest common interest is accelerating development, our biggest common demand is maintaining stability, and our biggest common aspiration is deepening cooperation. Wang Yi stated that the ASEAN is the priority in China's peripheral diplomacy. By the end of this year, the ASEAN community will be established, which will be the first sub-regional community in Asia and of milestone significance. China will continue to firmly support the establishment of the ASEAN community and the predominant role of the ASEAN in East Asian cooperation.

Wang Yi stated that next year is the 25th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations, providing China-ASEAN relations with new development opportunities. China is willing to, together with the ASEAN, maintain close communication and strengthen planning and design to ensure relevant commemorative events a success, and meanwhile promote the implementation of the "2+7 Cooperation Framework", actively expand production capacity cooperation, boost connectivity and deepen maritime cooperation so as to provide new impetus for China-ASEAN relations and boost the establishment of a closer China-ASEAN community of common destiny.

Envoys of ASEAN countries in China spoke highly of the fruitful results of ASEAN-China cooperation and appreciated China's long-standing pursuit of friendly and cooperative policies to the ASEAN and firm support for the establishment of the ASEAN community. They stated that the ASEAN is willing to deepen strategic partnership with China, enhance all-round practical cooperation, jointly cope with global economic risks and challenges, and maintain a favorable momentum of regional development.