On March 19th, 2019, the Think Tank Forum on the Lancang-Mekong River Basin Economic Development Zone was held at Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences. At the opening ceremony of the forum, Jin Xin, Director of Contemporary World Research Center of the Foreign Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, Yang Zhengquan, Vice Minister of Publicity Department of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the CPC, and He Zukun, President of the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, delivered speeches respectively. More than 60 experts and scholars from relevant departments and think tanks, such as the Central Liaison Ministry, Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences, Chongqing Academy of Social Sciences, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences, Guangxi University and Yunnan University, attended the forum.
Around the theme on "the construction of the economic development zone in the Langcang -Mekong River Basin", experts and scholars separately focused on "the theory and practice of the economic development zone", "the conception and path of the construction of the economic development zone in the River Basin", "the relationship between the economic development zone in the River Basin and the construction of multi-and bilateral economic corridors", "promoting the organic connection between the economic development zone in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin and the economic development zone in the Yangtze River Basin", "the southwest region Regional participation in the construction of Economic Development Zone in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin” was discussed from five aspects.
In the afternoon, the experts and scholars also focused on the concept and direction of the economic development zone in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin, the construction of interest community in the construction of the economic development zone in the River Basin, the construction of the green River Basin, the exploration of dispute mechanism for international regional cooperation, the third-party market cooperation between China and Japan, the promotion of industrial support of the economic development zone in the River Basin, the deepening of investment cooperation, the strengthening of Sino-Thai cooperation and the acceleration for promotion. China-Laos economic corridor, and the cross-border movement of businessmen and other topics to conduct deep discussions and exchanges.
The Think Tank Forum on the Langcang-Mekong River Basin Economic Development Zone Construction is co-sponsored by the Contemporary World Research Center of the Foreign Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences and South-East Asia Research Institute of China (Kunming). It is also the second "Lancang-Mekong Week" series under the Lancang-Mekong River Cooperation Leaders Meeting Mechanism.
A delegate from Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences attended the forum.
Translated by weng jun