On November 29, the 9th Four-Country and Nine-Party Meeting of Laos, China, Myanmar and Thailand in the Border Areas was successfully held in the Boten Special Economic Zone in Laos, and the 2023 Boten Industrial Investment Summit and the opening ceremony of the Boten Night Market were held at the same time.
This year's meeting of Laos, China, Myanmar and Thailand mainly focused on cross-border cooperation in the border areas of science and technology, agriculture, commerce and trade, tourism and other fields, and reported on the direction and situation of cooperation agreed by all parties in the early stage, so as to further promote the implementation of multilateral cooperation matters as soon as possible.
Zhou Kun, Chairman of the Management Committee of the Boten Special Economic Zone, delivered a speech at the four-country nine-party business meeting and the Boten Special Economic Zone Industry Investment Summit organized by the Department of Industry and Trade of Namtha Province, Laos. He mentioned that with the Boten Special Economic Zone as the center, there are many towns and industrial parks in the "four countries and nine parties" within a radius of 100 kilometers by car, and the four-country and nine-party meeting was held in Boten, as well as the holding of the Boten Industry Investment Summit, which has brought new opportunities and new momentum to the development of the special zone, and Boten will strive to achieve the "five ones": aligning the benchmark of global border economic cooperation, relying on the customs closure operation of the cooperation zone, and using the "inside and outside the customs" to create a "growth pole" of the Lao-China border economic cooperation zone;Taking advantage of the hub advantage that can quickly link the resources of the four countries and nine parties, accelerate the allocation of industrial resource elements in the region, and build a "blockchain" that integrates economic functional areas;We will continue to promote the construction of international commercial and financial exhibitions, bonded logistics and processing, cultural tourism and vacation, education and medical industries, maximize the service of transnational production capacity cooperation between the four countries and nine parties, and build an "industrial cluster" that boosts the regional economyGive full play to the advantages of location, transportation, policy and ecology, and open up a "new space" for the development of larger business and markets for enterprisesWe will continue to promote the deep integration of the regional industrial chain and the value chain, and form a "circle of friends" including four countries, nine parties and even global merchants. While promoting the high-quality economic development of the Special Economic Zone, we will continue to play a leading role in radiating and driving the situation to achieve a win-win situation for all parties.
At the meeting, the Boten Special Economic Zone in Laos made a presentation on international bonded logistics processing, international education and medical industry, and held a centralized signing ceremony for investment promotion projects, which involved medical services, bonded logistics, cultural media and other fields. Up to now, Boding has signed a contract with 851 enterprises, and new enterprises are accumulating energy for industrial explosion and regional development.
On the day of the event, delegations and business representatives from the four countries and nine parties visited the Boten Special Economic Zone Planning and Exhibition Center, the one-stop service center, the international bonded logistics processing industrial park, the Lianghu Cultural Tourism Area, the duty-free shopping mall, and the enterprises settled in the medical industry and tourism industry to gain an in-depth understanding of the construction and development of the Boten Special Economic Zone.
It is reported that the Boten Special Economic Zone is not only a platform for linking four countries and nine parties, but also an important node of the northern economic center of Laos, an important node of the China-Laos-Thailand Economic Corridor, and an important intersection of economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN countries and an important hub for RCEP cooperation. With the promotion of Laos' "land link" strategy and China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, coupled with the high-quality implementation of RCEP and the large-scale operation of the Laos-China Railway, the urban value and industrial potential of the Laos Boten Special Economic Zone have been continuously improved. (Reporter Li Yingqing of China's **Yunnan Reporter Station).
*: China**Net.