(KPL) The 2023 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Media Summit was held in Beijing, China on Tuesday under the theme "Promoting People-to-people Bond for Better Shared Future ".

Lancang - Mekong Cooperation Media Summit is the sub-regional cooperation mechanism that was jointly established in 2016 by six Mekong countries namely China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Over 130 representatives from relevant departments and mainstream media of the six Lancang-Mekong countries attended the event, according to Xinhua.

Delivering remarks at the meeting, Mr. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, called on the participants to support media and their exchange of lessons and experiences.

The participants had in-depth discussions on achieving peace and development, mutual benefit, win-win outcomes, and people-to-people exchanges in the region, and on contributing to the building of a closer Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future.

They shared the view that concrete benefits have been delivered to the six participating countries since the LMC's inception, and the LMC has effectively boosted amity among people of the six countries.

They noted that there is massive potential for cooperation among the six countries in areas of infrastructure construction, agriculture, poverty reduction, security, and environmental protection.

They expressed their hope to promote exchanges among the people of the six countries through media cooperation, enhance friendship and mutual trust, and better tell Lancang-Mekong stories.

Head of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee Propaganda and Training Board Vanxay Tavinyane said that Lancang - Mekong cooperation has contributed to socio-economic development in region including 36 development and poverty reduction projects implemented in the Lao PDR.

President of the Lao Journalists Association Savankhone Razmountry urged the participants to attach attention to promote the development of connectivity infrastructure, people to people exchange, economic cooperation, and foreign direct investment.

He noted that China plays an important role in turning landlocked Laos into a land-linked country through building a high speed railway connecting Vientiane of Laos with Kunming of China’s Yunnan.

The railway, the flagship project of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, is also designed to connect Laos with Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

KPL