Participants attend the 27th Asia-Pacific Roundtable meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 4, 2013. The three-day Asia-Pacific Roundtable, with the theme " Strategizing Change in Asia," will see senior officials, diplomats, policy-makers and academics from all over the region discuss a wide range of issues. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)
Meanwhile, Chinese tourists made 83 million overseas travels, of which more than 90 percent were to other Asian countries, among which Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea were their favorites.
Citing China's 12th Five-Year Program, which includes goods imports worth 10 trillion U.S. dollars and a total overseas investment of 500 billion U.S. dollars, Fu said "achieving the ' Chinese dream' will bring more opportunities for Asia and therefore help the realization of the dreams or visions of other countries in the region."
"The 'Chinese dream' is also part of the dream of many in the developing world who now have a great opportunity to grow their economy," she added.
Fu stressed that China's emphasis for the region is to further promote regional economic integration including upgrading Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with ASEAN while facilitating China-Japan- South Korea FTA as well as Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Another emphasis would be maintaining the general peace in the region, she said.
On the South China Sea, Fu told the forum that China hopes relevant parties to the Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), which was signed by China and ASEAN countries in 2002, to honor their commitments.
China also prefers that the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea (COC) be worked out on the basis of confidence in each other's behavior.
"China would react to steps going beyond the DOC and the purpose is still to bring the issue back to the right track," she said.
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