Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng (2nd L), Deputy Permanent Secretary of Thai Foreign Ministry Nuttawudh Photisaro (C) and guests attend the inauguration ceremony of China's new consulate general in Khon Kaen, northeastern Thailand, Oct. 23, 2012. China officially opened a new consulate general in Khon Kaen in northeastern Thailand on Tuesday. It is the third Chinese consulate general in the country following those in Chiang Mai in the north and in Songkla in the south. [Xinhua]