On June 30, 2008, a ceremony to launch the website and unveil the logo of the Seventh ASEM Summit was held in Beijing Kerry Center. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and foreign officials attending the ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting attended the ceremony.

Addressing the ceremony, Yang pointed out that ASEM had become an important channel of dialogue and cooperation for Asia and Europe over more than a decade, which enhanced contact among Asian and European countries and promoted people-to-people communication. At the 7th ASEM summit to be held in Beijing in October, in-depth dialogue will be held on major international and regional issues to deepen equal dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation between Asia and Europe in all areas for the benefit of people from the two continents.

Leaders from 45 members of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) group will attend the 7th ASEM summit in Beijing on Oct. 24 and 25. The theme of the summit is "Vision and Action: Towards a Win-win Solution".

The logo of the 7th ASEM summit is a Chinese knot made up of the initial letters of "Asia and Europe," a symbol of cooperation and harmony between Asia and Europe. The ceremony also commenced an ASEM 7 official website (www.asem7.cn) to provide information of the 7th ASEM summit for the public and the summit participants.