The China-ASEAN STI Policy Research Center was established by Ministry of Science and Technology in care of CASTED and Beijing Greatwall Enterprise Institute to implement the proposal in the Joint Statement of the 16th China-ASEAN Summit on Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the China-ASEAN Strategic Partnership issued in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, in October 2013 regarding the establishment of the center. In September 2014, the Inaugural China-ASEAN Seminar on STI Policy, which was sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, co-organized by China-ASEAN STI Policy Research Center, CASTED and Beijing Greatwall Enterprise Institute, and supported by China-ASEAN Technology Transfer Center, took place in Nanning. The meeting shared STI experience of China and ASEAN countries, identified future cooperation areas and priorities, and established a long-term cooperation mechanism.