On November 25, 2013, Ambassador Chen Mingming, Special Representative of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, headed a delegation to attend the 12th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting in Manama, Bahrain. He expounded China's position concerning the Asian situation, the pan-Asian pragmatic cooperation, the construction of the Silk Road economic belt and others. Manama Declaration issued at the meeting calls on Asian countries to pay special attention to the interconnection of the infrastructure facilities, cooperation in energy and food security, promotion of tourism development and socio-cultural exchanges in Asia and others.
The Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), founded in 2002 upon the proposal of Thailand, is an official mechanism for dialogue and cooperation available to all countries in Asia. It currently has 33 member countries, covering major countries in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia. For more than a decade, it has played an active role in promoting understanding, mutual trust and cooperation among Asian countries and has become an important platform for pan-Asian cooperation.