On November 2, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked, can the spokesperson introduce the background of the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting? What are the expectations of the Chinese side as the host for this conference? Mao Ning explained that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the first Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting. Over the past 10 years, thanks to the joint efforts of the countries in the basin, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation has continued to grow and become the most dynamic and promising golden model for regional cooperation. The building of a common bilateral and multilateral destiny between China and the five Mekong countries deepened and became more practical. The trade volume surpassed 500 billion US dollars, an increase of 150% over 10 years ago. The construction of the Lancang-Mekong Economic Development Belt has been fruitful. The Innovation Corridor has become a new highlight, and convenient connectivity in the region is being promoted at an accelerated pace. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund has supported more than 1,000 small but beautiful projects, and the “Ganquan Action Plan” and the “Ten Million Action Plan for Agricultural Cooperation” have been implemented and achieved results. The Lancang-Mekong visa makes it more convenient for the people of the six countries to interact. Mao Ning pointed out that as the century of changes in the world accelerates, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation promotes open development, and its role in maintaining peace and tranquillity is becoming more and more prominent. Through this foreign ministers' meeting, China hopes to work with the five Mekong countries to summarize cooperation experiences, plan the next steps, focus on discussing the new blueprint for Lancang-Mekong Cooperation 2.0, explore new mechanisms for open cooperation, create a new platform for innovative industries, promote new achievements in law enforcement and security cooperation, and inject strong impetus into building a common destiny of the Lancang-Mekong countries for peace, prosperity and sustainable development.

On November 2, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked, can the spokesperson introduce the background of the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting? What are the expectations of the Chinese side as the host for this conference? Mao Ning explained that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the first Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting. Over the past 10 years, thanks to the joint efforts of the countries in the basin, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation has continued to grow and become the most dynamic and promising golden model for regional cooperation. The building of a common bilateral and multilateral destiny between China and the five Mekong countries deepened and became more practical. The trade volume surpassed 500 billion US dollars, an increase of 150% over 10 years ago. The construction of the Lancang-Mekong Economic Development Belt has been fruitful. The Innovation Corridor has become a new highlight, and convenient connectivity in the region is being promoted at an accelerated pace. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund has supported more than 1,000 small but beautiful projects, and the “Ganquan Action Plan” and the “Ten Million Action Plan for Agricultural Cooperation” have been implemented and achieved results. The Lancang-Mekong visa makes it more convenient for the people of the six countries to interact. Mao Ning pointed out that as the century of changes in the world accelerates, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation promotes open development, and its role in maintaining peace and tranquillity is becoming more and more prominent. Through this foreign ministers' meeting, China hopes to work with the five Mekong countries to summarize cooperation experiences, plan the next steps, focus on discussing the new blueprint for Lancang-Mekong Cooperation 2.0, explore new mechanisms for open cooperation, create a new platform for innovative industries, promote new achievements in law enforcement and security cooperation, and inject strong impetus into building a common destiny of the Lancang-Mekong countries for peace, prosperity and sustainable development.