On November 7, Premier Li Qiang of The State Council attended the eighth Leaders' Meeting of the Greater Mekong Sub-regional Economic Cooperation in Kunming. Heads of government of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam and presidents of the Asian Development Bank attended the meeting. The meeting adopted the Declaration of the Eighth Economic Leaders' Meeting on Greater Mekong Subregional Economic Cooperation and the 2030 Innovative Development Strategy for Greater Mekong Subregional Economic Cooperation.

Li Qiang said that since the past 30 years ago, the GMS Economic Cooperation Mechanism has increasingly become an important platform for China and Mekong countries to discuss cooperation and jointly promote development. The current world into a new turbulent change, China and the Mekong river countries is the fate of the community, more closely unity cooperation, give full play to economic complementary advantages, the pragmatic cooperation in various fields to further in-depth, on the road of common development firm hand in hand, for regional and world peace, tranquility and make positive contribution to development and prosperity.

Li Qiang put forward a four-point proposal on deepening regional cooperation. First, upholding openness and cooperation, We will jointly promote two-way opening-up at a higher level and on a larger scale, We will improve the open regional economic architecture, To build a more efficient and more dynamic super-large market; Second, highlight innovation, We will strengthen coordination on innovation policies, Promote the efficient flow of innovation factors, We will accelerate the commercialization and application of innovative achievements, To support and ensure the continuous deepening and solid implementation of innovation cooperation; Third, to deepen integrated development, We will deepen the hard connectivity of roads, railways, ports and other infrastructure, Strengthening "soft connectivity" in policy, laws, regulation, rules and standards, Efforts to improve the convenie

Leaders of the participating countries and heads of relevant institutions agreed to expand practical cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture, connectivity, digital economy, green development, medical and health care, tourism and culture.

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