Since 2005, "GMS Economic Cooperation leaders meeting, the second time" has been held, GMS countries in the road, rail, waterways and aviation infrastructure construction has made remarkable achievements, especially the "GMS trade and investment facilitation framework of the Strategic Action "(hereinafter referred to as" Framework for Action ") the implementation and further implementation of economic corridors to create a very favorable conditions. How will the current GMS transport corridors into economic corridors, how to make along the countries and regions benefit from the creation of the new GMS issues such as economic growth has caused the GMS governments and the general concern of the business sector.
At present, the framework of GMS economic cooperation does not have a corridor devoted to the promotion of economic development cooperation and the promotion of local governments and enterprises to participate in the institutions, as a priority GMS economic cooperation in building the corridor appeared to be inadequate. Therefore, the establishment of a long-term, efficient and practical mechanism to promote the GMS economic corridors, conform to the current development of GMS economic cooperation, the trend, it is imperative.
To this end the Ministry of Commerce in implementing the GMS trade and investment facilitation of the "China Plan of Action" to start clear GMS economic corridor development projects in Yunnan bureau commissioned to carry out "GMS North-South Economic Corridor construction and development of research" for the Ministry of Commerce to promote economic measures the views of the corridor development. "Study" has been attached great importance to the Ministry of Commerce, then the composition of the expert group to Yunnan, Guangxi research, in consultation with relevant ministries and the GMS countries on the basis of the country early this year, business line ministries completed Malietoa "GMS economic corridor development institutional arrangements of the framework document "
From the overall planning, institutional arrangements, organizational framework, as well as issues such as follow-up steps on the corridor has been further elaborated in co-operation mechanism, the establishment of "GMS economic corridor forum" the concept of long-term mechanism to shape.
From the play to the advantage of Yunnan Province, Yunnan Province to participate in the consolidation of the status of GMS cooperation, and expand economic and trade between Yunnan and neighboring countries and rich period of Kunming Fair activities will be the point of view, bureau of Yunnan to the Ministry of Commerce to take measures to actively apply for the sixteenth session of this year Kunming Trade Fair held in Kunming, "GMS economic corridor forum", in February this year, vice governor Zhao-xi Gu reporting to the Ministry of Commerce made the Forum held in Kunming, suggested that the proposal was a positive response from the Ministry of Commerce, Department of Commerce to set up a "GMS economic corridor forum" initiative was included in this year Premier Wen Jiabao on March 31, held in Vientiane, Laos "GMS Economic Cooperation leaders meeting, the third time" in their speeches, by the Chinese government and the official presentation of the initiative as the session of the summit  meeting of one of the important results.