YANGON, March 13 -- The second China-Myanmar Roundtable Conference on Peoples' Exchanges kicked off here Thursday aimed at promoting people-to-people understanding between the two countries.

The one-day conference was held under the theme "Leveraging Livelihood of the People in Myanmar", highlighting approaches to enhancing people-to-people communication between China and Myanmar, plan of action for practical cooperation between Chinese and Myanmar NGOs as well as non-governmental efforts for building a good environment in support of China-Myanmar economic cooperation.

The conference was jointly organized by Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) of Myanmar Development Resource Institute (MDRI) and China NGO Network for International Exchanges (CNIE), attended by about 100 participants from NGOs, business circles and scholars of both Myanmar and China.

In his opening remark, Li Jinjun, executive vice-president of China NGO Network for International Exchanges, said that NGOs of the two countries need to work together for their joint development and there are still many sectors for cooperation between China and Myanmar.

In an interview with Xinhua, U Ko Ko Hlaing, chief political advisor to Myanmar president as well as chairman of MDRI-CSIS, said that the conference will promote mutual understanding and cooperation between the people of the two countries.

It is sure that cooperation between local and international NGOs, Chinese NGOs in particular, can effectively enhance education, health, rural development and livelihoods of Myanmar people, he added.

The first China-Myanmar Roundtable Conference on Peoples' Exchanges was held in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province, in May 2013.