June 6, 2008 afternoon, the first governor of GMS economic corridor forum for round table in Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center, from the GMS economic corridors along the municipal industrial and commercial enterprises to the Chief Executive on behalf of a total of more than 500 participants. Round-table meeting, the representative of all regions of the advantages of economic corridors and obstacles and prospects for cooperation expressed their views.
GMS economic corridor forum governor, governor of China's Yunnan Province Qin Guangrong's views have been widely endorsed by participants. Qin Guangrong that Yunnan Province is located in China's participation in GMS
The cutting edge of co-operation, China's participation in GMS cooperation is a major provinces, has twice hosted the first summit meeting with the Ministerial Conference. Planning in the sub-regional cooperation between the three vertical cross-economy is Gallery, the vertical Yangon - Mandalay - Kunming, Bangkok - Vientiane - Kunming and Hai Phong - Hanoi - Kunming, Yunnan's provincial capital have for the origin or destination of Kunming. More than 10 years, Yunnan in the GMS Framework for cooperation with countries of the subregion in the transportation, energy, agriculture, tourism, trade, investment, environmental protection, human resource development, and alternative anti-drug cultivation and other fields, carried out zhuo Effective cooperation. In particular the second GMS summit in Kunming, the Yunnan conscientiously implement the spirit of the meeting to promote regional economic cooperation along the corridor has played a positive Role.
First of all, in the framework of GMS cooperation, and Yunnan, and sub-regional countries have established "Yunnan - Thailand Working Group", "five more provinces and cities in Yunnan Economic Consultative Council", "Yunnan - old North Working Group" and other cooperation mechanisms, and deepen the mutual cooperation; Secondly, the Government of Yunnan Province to visit various organizations, sub-regional countries, high-level exchanges have become increasingly active; the third, more than a decade of cooperation and the building of Yunnan to the GMS countries in terms of transport infrastructure has been greatly improved; article Fourth, in 2007, trade between Yunnan and GMS countries reached 2.16 billion U.S. dollars, up nearly 54 percent, economic and technological cooperation projects 78, the amount of the contract 5.700 million U.S. dollars; agreement has been a significant amount of investment growth; In addition, relying on its own advantages in resources in Yunnan Province, with the GMS countries in hydropower, mining, agriculture, tourism and other fields have made new progress in cooperation, industrial cooperation have been enhanced.
In addition, Qin Guangrong rich corridor for further co-operation proposed by the construction of a six-point proposal: First, it is proposed that the existing GMS cooperation mechanism, set up by the sub-regional countries in relevant government agencies, provinces and municipalities along the corridor, composed of executive heads of the economic corridor construction group, also suggested that the governor GMS economic corridor forum to feasible and desirable once a year; second, it is proposed that the ADB, under the guidance of the parties to the joint reparation of GMS cooperation in the economic corridor development plan; Third, steadily enhance the level of trade; the fourth and actively promote logistics cooperation; Fifth, the biggest obstacle for the present shortage of funds, the proposed issue of "Asian Bonds", GMS economic corridor of the hardware to provide better protection; Sixth, the Government proposes to strengthen, the links between project owners and synergies to jointly promote the project.
Finally, Qin Guangrong summary, GMS economic cooperation in response to a corridor of economic globalization and regional integration trend, Yunnan will be more open and pragmatic attitude, and constantly promote the GMS economic corridors to the building of co-operation in depth.