Opening ceremony of a Seminar program on Capacity Building for Rules of Origin of the Upgraded ASEAN – China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) jointly organized by Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER) and Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO), Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), People's Republic of China was held in Nay Pyi Taw in today morning.

During the event, H.E. Dr. Wah Wah Maung, Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, delivered the welcoming remarks. In her remarks, she outlined that the seminar is aimed to introduce regulations under the China-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, to enhance the knowledge of departmental staff regarding product-specific regulations and Original Certificate Forms, to improve operational certification processes, to understand native regulations, and to promote trade facilitation. In addition, she also expressed that today seminar was jointly organized by our ministry and Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO), Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) since the MIFER is focal point for economic cooperation with MOFCOM.

Then, Mr. Lei Hao, Vice President of AIBO, made an introductory remarks and Mr. Ouyang Daobing, Economic & Commercial Counsellor of Embassy of China, delivered the opening remarks.

Senior officials from Ministry of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Ministry of Commerce, representatives from Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Yangon, experts and representatives from AIBO, and 35 officials from relevant ministries were present. The Seminar is going to be held by 15 September, 2023.

MOFCOM is providing the multi sectoral seminar programs on the capacity development for the Government officials from the developing countries. More than 400 Myanmar officials participated up to October 2023.