FRAMEW ORK AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION BETW EEN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS PREAMBLE WE, the Heads of Government/State of the People’s Republic of China (“China”), and Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic ("Lao PDR"), Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (collectively, “ASEAN” or “ASEAN Member States ”, or individually, “ASEAN Member State ”): RECALLING our decision made at the ASEAN-China Summit held on 6 November 2001 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, regar