KUALA LUMPUR — China on Nov 22 pledged to provide free assistance worth 3.6 billion yuan ($560 million) to underdeveloped ASEAN member states in 2016.
China will also offer infrastructure loans totaling $10 billion to Southeast Asian countries, vice-foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said at a press briefing on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.