China calls for enhancing Greater Mekong Subregion cooperation

Premier Li Qiang (centre), leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and Masatsugu Asakawa (right), president of the Asian Development Bank, pose for a group photo before the eighth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Nov 7, 2024. - China Daily/ANN

KUNMING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the eighth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit on Thursday (Nov 7), calling on the six GMS members to upgrade their cooperation after a productive partnership spanning three decades since the establishment of the mechanism.

The summit, slated from Nov 6 to 7 in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province in southwest China, brought together leaders from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as president of the Asian Development Bank.