On 28th May, 2010, the “The 1st Pan-Beibu Gulf Think Tank Summit” was held in Nanning, Guangxi Autonomous Region of China. The leaders and representatives from the think tanks of the Pan-Beibu Gulf Region and ASEAN countries, including China, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippine, Thailand and Indonesia met to discuss regional development issues.

This conference was focusing on cooperation between think tanks in Pan-Beibu Gulf Region and ASEAN countries. The main topics included the upgrading of co-operations among ASEAN and Pan-Beibu Gulf Region, and constructing of dialogue mechanism among think tanks in this region.