From May 24 to 25, the Special Meeting of the National Committee on Transport Facilitation of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and the Senior Officials’ Meeting were held in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vice Minister of Transport Liu Xiaoming led the Chinese delegation to attend. At the meeting, Liu Xiaoming and Thai Minister of Communications Ah Chai respectively signed the “Early Harvest” Memorandum of Understanding on the Implementation of the “Early Harvest Agreement on the Implementation of the Agreement on Cross-Border Transport of Goods and People in the Greater Mekong Subregion” (hereinafter referred to as “Early Harvest”). minutes”).
Liu Xiaoming pointed out at the meeting that promoting transportation and facilitating trade is one of the main goals of economic cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion and is also an important part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. He called on other countries that have not signed the “Early Harvest Memorandum of Understanding” at this meeting to complete their domestic procedures as soon as possible and sign it, promoting its implementation as soon as possible. He stressed that the vigorous development of international cooperation under the “One Belt, One Road” initiative has brought new opportunities for the further development of the GMS economy and society. He hoped that countries would seize the precious opportunities to promote the implementation of specific measures on cross-border transportation and promote the realization of the GMS. The goal of facilitating transportation and developing economic cooperation has brought benefits to people in all regions. water.
Ao Gao strongly agreed with Liu Xiaoming’s proposal to accelerate the signing and implementation of the “early harvest” memorandum of understanding. He believes that this will increase the attractiveness of the region to private investors and promote the convenience of cross-border transport. He called on GMS countries to accelerate the reform of relevant laws, regulations and management systems to enable greater free movement of goods and people.
During the meeting, the participating countries reached a new roadmap and work plan to accelerate the signing and implementation of the “early harvest memorandum of understanding” and to work on revising the Agreement on Cross-Border Transport of Goods and People within the framework of the meeting. The Greater Mekong Subregion, focusing on In-depth discussions on the opening of new GMS cross-border land transport routes and entry and exit points were conducted. Mr. Liu Xiaoming also discussed with leaders of the transport departments of Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar… on issues of mutual concern such as strengthening bilateral international road transport cooperation.