Development report on Lancang-Mekong Cooperation released

A seminar on deepening Lancang-Mekong Cooperation was held on March 23 in Kunming, the capital city of Southwest China's Yunnan province.

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is a sub-regional cooperation mechanism jointly initiated and constructed by China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam in 2016. Through five years' development, it has become one of the most dynamic and fruitful cooperation mechanisms in the region.

The Report on the Development of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (2020) was also released during the event.

It introduces and studies the main points and key issues of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation since 2019 from three aspects. It also analyzes the future development trends of sub-regional cooperation.

The first part of the report comprehensively analyzes and summarizes the progress, problems and development trends of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation since 2019.

The second part studies and analyzes hot topics, including the functional positioning and construction path of the Lancang-Mekong River economic development zone, cooperation between Lancang-Mekong countries in the field of public health, and drug control cooperation in the Lancang-Mekong sub-region.

It also puts forward relevant countermeasures and suggestions on China's strategies, priorities and paths for promoting Lancang-Mekong Cooperation under the current global situation.

The third part of the report focuses on analyzing the political, economic and diplomatic situation of the member countries and their impact on the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation.

The report also introduces specific progress and policy measures of relevant members' participation in the sub-region and predicts the future impact of these measures on the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation. 

The document explores new progress in Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, the impact and trends of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation under the international changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, and suggestions for further enhancing the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation under the current situation.