The 4th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference opens in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of China April 11, 2007. The conference, themed "Direct Cooperation in the Fight Against Transnational Crimes," will last two days. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    MACAO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The two-day 4th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference, themed "Direct Cooperation in the Fight Against Transnational Crimes," kicked off here Wednesday.

    This edition of the meeting was hosted by the Public Prosecutions Office of Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR).

    The China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference was initiated by China's Supreme People's Procuratorate in 2004, with representatives of Hong Kong and Macao taking part in as members of the Chinese delegation.

    The aim of the conference is to strengthen exchange and cooperation among prosecution services of China and ASEAN countries.

    The previous three conferences were held in Kunming in China, Bangkok in Thailand and Jakarta in Indonesia.

Jia Chunwang, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China, speaks during the opening ceremony of the 4th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of China April 11, 2007. The two-day conference, themed "Direct Cooperation in the Fight Against Transnational Crimes," kicked off here on Wednesday. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>