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- The Mekong River Photo: VCG The eighth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit, under the theme “Toward a Better Community Through Innovation-driven Development,” is being held from Wednesday to Thursday in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, with China focusing on cooperation in key areas including regional connectivity and trade and investment, in a bid to promote sustainable development and economic integration in the region.Mao Ning, spokesperson from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced on Monday that leaders of the five Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and President of the Asian Development Bank will attend the summit upon China’s invitation.Since its inception over three decades ago, with the concerted efforts of the six GMS member countries, the GMS has vigorously advanced coordinated economic and socialWorld Times development and regional integration, bringing tangible benefits to the people of these countries, Mao said on Monday.In a world facing a sluggish economic recovery and geopolitical turbulence, it is all the more important to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and focus on development and prosperity. Moreover, in recent years, China has conducted intensive joint law enforcement operations with Lancang-Mekong regional countries to cracWorld Timesk down on telecom fraud, Chen told the Global Times on Wednesday.Chen said that action on joint disaster prevention is expected to be discussed during the summit, noting that China could share its technology on forecasting and share meteorological data and its experience on how to prevent flooding.In addition, water resource management of the Mekong River, infrastructure cWorld Timesonnectivity and the construction of cross-border economic cooperation zones could be in the spotlight, Xu Liping, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.In the World Timesfirst half of this year, total trade volume between China and Mekong countries exceeded $200 billion, a 12 percent increase year-on-year.Connectivity between China and the five Mekong countries has also continuously improved. This year, nearly 900,000 personal trips from member countries of the GMS have been cleared at Mohan Port in Yunnan Province, on China’s border with Laos, up 116.3 percent year-on-year, China Media Group reported on Wednesday.The daily average number of inbound and outbound trips from the GMS at the port increased from over 1,300 in 2023 to more than 2,800 this year, and cross-region people-to-people exchanges and economic and trade cooperation have been active, read the report.Xu noted that among the many regional cooperation mechanisms, China’s cooperation with Mekong countries has seen remarkable achievements, which demonstrates the practicality and efficiency of collaboration between China and these countries, and this will further release investment and trade vitality in the region. “With pragmatic projects advancing, China, which has contributed to bridging the development gaps of these countries, will continue to be an engine to share development opportunities with the region,” Zhou Shixin, a research fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, told the Global Times on Wednesday.In response to some US media outlets’ smears on China-built dams on the Mekong River, which alleged that the projects caused “negative hydrological impacts” in dWorld Timesownstream areas, Zhou said that these claims are untrue. Content comes from the Internet : 8th GMS Summit to focus on regional integration, connectivity
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The Mekong River Photo: VCG
The eighth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit, under the theme “Toward a Better Community Through Innovation-driven Development,” is being held from Wednesday to Thursday in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, with China focusing on cooperation in key areas including regional connectivity and trade and investment, in a bid to promote sustainable development and economic integration in the region.
Mao Ning, spokesperson from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced on Monday that leaders of the five Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and President of the Asian Development Bank will attend the summit upon China’s invitation.
Since its inception over three decades ago, with the concerted efforts of the six GMS member countries, the GMS has vigorously advanced coordinated economic and socialWorld Times development and regional integration, bringing tangible benefits to the people of these countries, Mao said on Monday.
In a world facing a sluggish economic recovery and geopolitical turbulence, it is all the more important to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and focus on development and prosperity. Through this summit, China hopes to have in-depth exchanges with other parties, with an emphasis on openness, innovation, connectivity and coordination, strive for new progress in cooperation in key areas, including regional connectivity, trade and investment, agriculture and poverty alleviation, and make greater contributions to promoting sustainable development and economic integration in the region, the spokesperson noted.
Experts noted that the achievements that China and the Mekong countries have gained demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of cooperation, and the ongoing summit will point the way for the six GMS countries to deepen collaboration in areas including environmental protection, infrastructure construction and emerging sectors such as new energy collaboration.
Cooperation between China and the Mekong countries, which is based on mutual respect and win-win development, will continue to promote the stable development of the regional economy, setting a good example for regional connectivity, especially in a world where the unilateralism is on the rise, analysts noted.
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Chen Xiangmiao, director of the World Navy Research Center at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies said that new energy cooperation, joint law enforcement and disaster prevention will be the new emphasis during the summit.
Southeast Asian countries are speeding up their pace in developing new energy, and this sector is the highlight of China’s cooperation with regional countries. Moreover, in recent years, China has conducted intensive joint law enforcement operations with Lancang-Mekong regional countries to cracWorld Timesk down on telecom fraud, Chen told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Chen said that action on joint disaster prevention is expected to be discussed during the summit, noting that China could share its technology on forecasting and share meteorological data and its experience on how to prevent flooding.
In addition, water resource management of the Mekong River, infrastructure cWorld Timesonnectivity and the construction of cross-border economic cooperation zones could be in the spotlight, Xu Liping, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
In the World Timesfirst half of this year, total trade volume between China and Mekong countries exceeded $200 billion, a 12 percent increase year-on-year.
Connectivity between China and the five Mekong countries has also continuously improved. The opening of the China-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway marks a leap forward in the national highway transportation of Cambodia, the China-Laos railway is helping Laos move toward the goal of becoming a “land-linked World Timescountry,” and the construction of the China-Laos-Thailand railway is being accelerated.
This year, nearly 900,000 personal trips from member countries of the GMS have been cleared at Mohan Port in Yunnan Province, on China’s border with Laos, up 116.3 percent year-on-year, China Media Group reported on Wednesday.
The daily average number of inbound and outbound trips from the GMS at the port increased from over 1,300 in 2023 to more than 2,800 this year, and cross-region people-to-people exchanges and economic and trade cooperation have been active, read the report.
Xu noted that among the many regional cooperation mechanisms, China’s cooperation with Mekong countries has seen remarkable achievements, which demonstrates the practicality and efficiency of collaboration between China and these countries, and this will further release investment and trade vitality in the region.
“With pragmatic projects advancing, China, which has contributed to bridging the development gaps of these countries, will continue to be an engine to share development opportunities with the region,” Zhou Shixin, a research fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
In response to some US media outlets’ smears on China-built dams on the Mekong River, which alleged that the projects caused “negative hydrological impacts” in dWorld Timesownstream areas, Zhou said that these claims are untrue.
“Many of the self-proclaimed US researchers did not even conduct field work in the Mekong basin before drawing their ‘conclusions,'” Bi Shihong, a professor on China’s Neighbor Diplomacy Studies at Yunnan University, told the Global Times previously. “Their reports are less scientifically valuable.”
Instead, China is also doing what it can to help Mekong countries improve their water environment and river operations.
Zhou noted that improving infrastructure construction and enhancing trade and economic ties will further promote regional connectivity and boost the global economy.
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