The 2019 New Year's Gala for ASEAN and Chinese University Students was staged at Chengdu University on December 21. More than 140 students from the College of Chinese & ASEAN Arts, Chengdu University, put on a wonderful song and dance show to celebrate the upcoming New Year. At the event, the Chengdu Municipal People's Government signed a memorandum of cooperation with ASEAN-China Center to support the establishment of a Chengdu-ASEAN exchange center in the city and to further the collaboration between the two sides in more fields and ways.

With the overall implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in recent years, the economic and trade ties, as well as people-to-people exchanges between Chengdu and ASEAN countries have become increasingly frequent. In 2017, the foreign trade volume between the two sides reached RMB79.78 billion. With the establishment of friendly and cooperative relations between Chengdu and seven cities in ASEAN member countries, over 60 exchanges and cooperation activities between the two parties are held annually.