湄公河地区水援助:发展趋势与中国对策

Water Aid in the Mekong Region:Trends and China s Policy Choices

新中国成立以来,中国在湄公河地区的发展援助不断推进,水援助已成为中国发展援助中颇具活力和实效的领域之一。随着中国跨界水问题的日益突出,其在周边外交中的地位和影响不断上升,现有涉水援助政策框架不断优化,规模日益扩大,为受援国的经济社会发展做出了重要贡献。当前,湄公河水资源治理在合作理念、本地化进程以及域外国家介入等方面都处于快速发展演变过程中,湄公河地区的水援助亦呈现出一些新的趋势。中国的水援助应根据新的地区形势及合作趋势,在水援助的合作理念、制度安排、优先领域等方面进行调整、优化和创新,以适应中国周边外交和湄公河国家的新需求。通过构建“以人为中心”的水援助新模式,让援助成果更好惠及流域人民,不但有助于促进湄公河地区的发展,也可以更好服务“一带一路”倡议在湄公河地区的推进。

Since the founding of the people s Republic of China,China s development assistance in the Mekong region has been continuously promoted,and water aid has become one of the dynamic and effective areas of China s development assistance.With the increasing prominence of China s cross-border water issues,its status and influence in the neiborghring diplomacy are rising,the existing water related assistance policy framework is constantly optimized,and the scale is expanding,which has made an important contribution to the economic and social development of recipient countries.At present,the cooperation concept,localization process and out-regional countries intervention of Mekong River water resources management are in the process of rapid development and evolution,and water aid in the Mekong River region also presents some new trends.According to the new regional situation and cooperation trend,China s water aid should be adjusted,optimized and innovated in terms of cooperation concept,institutional arrangement and priority areas,so as to meet the new needs of China s neighboring diplomacy and Mekong countries.The water aid will better serve the people in the region through constructing the new model of“people-centered”,which will better serve the Mekong region development and facilitate the BRI initiative in this region.