Lancang-Mekong stories in the past five years

This year, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism marks its fifth birthday. Over the past five years of significance, Yunnan province and the Mekong countries have yielded fruits in cooperation, jointly writing down the Lancang-Mekong stories.

A University called Lanmei

Yunnan Minzu University and Cambodia Lanmei University signed cooperative agreement on March 23, in a bid to deepen collaboration in education and talent training.

Am Bunthan, director of the Academic Affairs Office, Lanmei University, said the signing marked new progress in China-Cambodia cooperation.

“In the future, students from Yunnan and Cambodia will have more access to exchange programs, with more job opportunities coming from school-company cooperation.”

A road to the future

Laneeda Vue, a 24-year-old Lao native, is a staff member with the Vientiane ETC Distribution Center, Laos-China Joint Freeway Development Company.

As expected, she joined the company upon her graduation from university in 2020.

“The Vientiane-Vang Vieng trip used to last for four hours. Now that the expressway is in use, it only takes me over one hour to drive between the two cities.”

What Laneeda wants most is to drive to Yunnan with her friends when the Laos-China expressway opens to traffic.

Heart-felt friendship

Ma San is a Myanmar native majoring the Chinese language and literature in Kunming, Yunnan province.

Recalling the university days over the years, Ma said the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation has been progressing.

She felt the exchanges among the Lancang-Mekong youngsters were going deeper.

Cooperation of aroma

Yu Qingqing and her husband were trading agro-products in east China’s Anhui province.

In 2016, the Lancang-Mekong mechanism was launched.

Later, the couple came to Kunming for new possibilities. Via e-commerce platforms, they began to import Thai durians to Kunming.

“With the progression of the LMC, our fruit business will surely thrive in the promising future.”