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 | The Scope of the GMS | |
In 1992, with Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance, six countries - Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam - entered into a program of subregional economic cooperation, designed to enhance economic relations among the countries. The idea of the Economic Corridor was ...... | |
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| | Background | |
| The first "GMS Economic Corridors Forum" was successfully held in Kunming in June 2008. The forum promoted efforts to transform transport corridors into economic corridors. According to an agreement among GMS countries, the GMS Economic Corridor Fair will be held on June 6, 2009 during the 17th Kunming Trade Fair period in order to further promote ... | |
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| Topics | |
According to the Economic Corridors memorandum signed at the GMS summit meeting, the topic of the forum was "cooperation on the basis of equal and mutual benefit through sustainable and balanced development.".... | |
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| | Operation | |
| The forum includes the main Economic Corridor Forum, with the governors' forum and development forum of border cities belonging to the main gathering. It covers the North-South Economic Corridor, the East-West Economic Corridor and the South Economic Corridor.... | |
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| Attendees | |
• Deputy Prime Ministers from GMS countries (only the opening ceremony).
• Business (Trade) ministers of GMS countries.
• China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
• Governors and mayors of GMS Economic Corridor provinces, cities.
• China: Yunnan province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
• Cambodia: Phnom Penh, Sihanouk ville, Battambang province.
• Laos: Vientiane province, Phongsali province... | |
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| | Aim | |
There are three aims (3M): Missions (specific tasks), Mechanisms (set up mechanisms), Measures (take measures).
The forum provides an effective supplement to the present GMS cooperation mechanism by encouraging local governments and enterprises to participate in GMS economic cooperation planning and policy-making. This is aimed at forming a long-term communication and coordination mechanism that stretches across all levels of central and local governments and key enterprises in each country... | |
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