Full coverage: Chinese Premier Visits Laos, Attends East Asia Summit

Small and medium-sized enterprises play a crucial role in ASEAN. Data shows that 98 percent of the companies in ASEAN member countries are SMEs. CCTV talked with two participants attending this year's ASEAN summit in Laos. Let's take a listen to their views on China and ASEAN's efforts to support SMEs.

"For several year, we organized Chinese entrepreneurs, both from State-Owned enterprises and private ones, to visit ASEAN members for the purpose of exchanging and connecting. Through the connection between Chinese and ASEAN entrepreneurs, the two sides have found cooperation platforms and opportunities in each other's markets," said Yang Xiuping, secretary general of ASEAN-China center.