The 4th Conference on the ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organisations has unveiled its plans, which are aimed at consolidating their existing friendship and cooperation.

At the two-day conference beginning on July 16 in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, both ASEAN and China came up with future programmes based on the five pillars of cooperation, namely economics and trade, culture and tourism, education, health, sports and young people, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The conference also saw the adoption of the Declaration on the ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organisations Plans for the Year 2009-2010.

According to the plan, both parties have agreed to exchange young artists and theatre groups to perform works from their own cultures./.