The Lancang-Mekong River has attracted much attention from researchers, but the cooperation on water issues in this river basin has been limited, even after the establishment of the Mekong River Commission(MRC). Coope...The Lancang-Mekong River has attracted much attention from researchers, but the cooperation on water issues in this river basin has been limited, even after the establishment of the Mekong River Commission(MRC). Cooperation on water resources has been determined as one of the key priority areas in the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism, but there are no details of targets. In order to establish the priorities of water cooperation under the mechanism, we adopted nine categories to classify the objectives of 87 water cooperation events based on the ‘Lancang-Mekong Water Cooperative Events Database' from 1995 to 2015. Based on the occurrence of cooperative events, cooperative objectives, cooperative scales, and approaches to cooperation, we conducted statistical, correlation, and text analyses. Our analyses indicated the following results: under the impact of economic conditions inside and outside the river basin, full cooperation appeared more difficult than bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Each of the partners adopted different preferences for cooperation targets. Cooperation with more definite objectives was easier to establish than cooperation with broader and more complex objectives. The potential objectives for water cooperation were navigation, hydropower, joint management, data sharing, flood control and water use. Because hydropower development is controversial, and because water cooperation is avoided by most existing regional cooperation mechanisms due to its complexity, we suggest the following priority areas for water cooperation in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. 1) Navigation and flood control/drought relief are attractive objectives for all the riparian countries across the whole watershed. 2) Data sharing should be a priority for cooperation in the watershed due to its laying the foundation for the equitable and reasonable utilization of transboundary waters. 3) Hydropower is an objective best implemented mainly through bilateral cooperation, and on tributaries.展开更多
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation(LMC)is the first cooperation mechanism led by the six countries situated along the Lancang-Mekong River.Since its establishment,the LMC mechanism has developed smoothly with fruitful ach...The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation(LMC)is the first cooperation mechanism led by the six countries situated along the Lancang-Mekong River.Since its establishment,the LMC mechanism has developed smoothly with fruitful achievements.To date,most research on the LMC,by both domestic and foreign academics,has focused on environmental protection and water resource management,but rarely touches upon the area of trade and investment.As facilitation of regional trade and investment helps consolidate the foundation for Lancang-Mekong cooperation,and also serves as an important catalyst for economic development of Lancang-Mekong countries,it is important to accurately grasp the status quo and challenges in this area,in order to better integrate current resources,push industrial upgrade,create uniform market standards,strengthen coordinated development,and increase the sub-region’s overall strength.展开更多
The Indochina Peninsula is of special and important significance to China's geopolitical strategy,which is the foothold of China's strategy in Southeast Asia and even the whole Asia-Pacific region,as well as t...The Indochina Peninsula is of special and important significance to China's geopolitical strategy,which is the foothold of China's strategy in Southeast Asia and even the whole Asia-Pacific region,as well as the strategic springboard of*China s global development.In 2016,China led the establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism,and achieved remarkable results in terms of institutional development,project implementation and the construction of international relations among member states in the short term.The establishment and rapid development of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is based on member states,strong willingness to cooperate.It also benefits from the rational design of their institutional structures,geographical advantages,strong and complementary economies,and close sociocultural similarities.On the other hand,the further development of the Lancang?Mekong Cooperation is facing many risks and challenges as a result of the complexities of the internal environment of the Indochina Peninsula and the geopolitical competition of extraterritorial forces in the region.In this regard,China should make more efforts to improve relevant institutional arrangements for the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation,broaden the areas and enrich the content of cooperation,coordinate with extraterritorial forces and increase the number of stakeholders.展开更多
The 2019 Yunnan Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Series and Lancang-Mekong Week were launched at Yunnan University on March 18.More than 200 representatives from Kunming-based foreign consulates,local governments,universiti...The 2019 Yunnan Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Series and Lancang-Mekong Week were launched at Yunnan University on March 18.More than 200 representatives from Kunming-based foreign consulates,local governments,universities and companies,including Lao consul general Khamphone Vongsanty,Myanmar consul general U Soe Paing,Cambodian consul general Lem Puthviro and Malaysian consul general Faizal Bin Shani,attended the launch ceremony.展开更多
Scientific Survey on the middle-and lower-reaches of Lancang-Mekong River and Grand Shangri-La Area is a key project of national scientific infrastructure programme funded by Ministry of Science
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFA0601601)Natural Science Foundation of China-International Center for Integrated Mountain Development(NSFC-ICIMOD)Joint Research Program(No.41661144044)
文摘The Lancang-Mekong River has attracted much attention from researchers, but the cooperation on water issues in this river basin has been limited, even after the establishment of the Mekong River Commission(MRC). Cooperation on water resources has been determined as one of the key priority areas in the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism, but there are no details of targets. In order to establish the priorities of water cooperation under the mechanism, we adopted nine categories to classify the objectives of 87 water cooperation events based on the ‘Lancang-Mekong Water Cooperative Events Database' from 1995 to 2015. Based on the occurrence of cooperative events, cooperative objectives, cooperative scales, and approaches to cooperation, we conducted statistical, correlation, and text analyses. Our analyses indicated the following results: under the impact of economic conditions inside and outside the river basin, full cooperation appeared more difficult than bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Each of the partners adopted different preferences for cooperation targets. Cooperation with more definite objectives was easier to establish than cooperation with broader and more complex objectives. The potential objectives for water cooperation were navigation, hydropower, joint management, data sharing, flood control and water use. Because hydropower development is controversial, and because water cooperation is avoided by most existing regional cooperation mechanisms due to its complexity, we suggest the following priority areas for water cooperation in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. 1) Navigation and flood control/drought relief are attractive objectives for all the riparian countries across the whole watershed. 2) Data sharing should be a priority for cooperation in the watershed due to its laying the foundation for the equitable and reasonable utilization of transboundary waters. 3) Hydropower is an objective best implemented mainly through bilateral cooperation, and on tributaries.
文摘The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation(LMC)is the first cooperation mechanism led by the six countries situated along the Lancang-Mekong River.Since its establishment,the LMC mechanism has developed smoothly with fruitful achievements.To date,most research on the LMC,by both domestic and foreign academics,has focused on environmental protection and water resource management,but rarely touches upon the area of trade and investment.As facilitation of regional trade and investment helps consolidate the foundation for Lancang-Mekong cooperation,and also serves as an important catalyst for economic development of Lancang-Mekong countries,it is important to accurately grasp the status quo and challenges in this area,in order to better integrate current resources,push industrial upgrade,create uniform market standards,strengthen coordinated development,and increase the sub-region’s overall strength.
基金a major research project funded by the National Social Science Foundation,titled “Research on the Construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and Neighboring Diplomacy”(Project No.2017010186)
文摘The Indochina Peninsula is of special and important significance to China's geopolitical strategy,which is the foothold of China's strategy in Southeast Asia and even the whole Asia-Pacific region,as well as the strategic springboard of*China s global development.In 2016,China led the establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism,and achieved remarkable results in terms of institutional development,project implementation and the construction of international relations among member states in the short term.The establishment and rapid development of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is based on member states,strong willingness to cooperate.It also benefits from the rational design of their institutional structures,geographical advantages,strong and complementary economies,and close sociocultural similarities.On the other hand,the further development of the Lancang?Mekong Cooperation is facing many risks and challenges as a result of the complexities of the internal environment of the Indochina Peninsula and the geopolitical competition of extraterritorial forces in the region.In this regard,China should make more efforts to improve relevant institutional arrangements for the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation,broaden the areas and enrich the content of cooperation,coordinate with extraterritorial forces and increase the number of stakeholders.
文摘The 2019 Yunnan Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Series and Lancang-Mekong Week were launched at Yunnan University on March 18.More than 200 representatives from Kunming-based foreign consulates,local governments,universities and companies,including Lao consul general Khamphone Vongsanty,Myanmar consul general U Soe Paing,Cambodian consul general Lem Puthviro and Malaysian consul general Faizal Bin Shani,attended the launch ceremony.
文摘Scientific Survey on the middle-and lower-reaches of Lancang-Mekong River and Grand Shangri-La Area is a key project of national scientific infrastructure programme funded by Ministry of Science
