Southeast Asia Information Port (www.dnyxxg.com) – At a press conference held in Kunming on the 26th, themed "Building Green Bridges, Creating a Golden Future – A Review and Outlook of Yunnan's Ten Years of International Cooperation in Ecological and Environmental Protection," it was announced that over the past decade, Yunnan Province has established regular and institutionalized cooperation channels by signing numerous cooperation documents with environmental departments of Mekong River countries such as Laos and Myanmar.
Yunnan borders Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, and is connected to Thailand and Cambodia via the Lancang-Mekong River. It also borders Malaysia, Singapore, India, and Bangladesh, making it a radiation center for China towards South and Southeast Asia.
The press conference revealed that the Yunnan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment has signed Memoranda of Understanding on Environmental Cooperation with the environmental departments of Laos and Luang Prabang and Luang Namtha provinces, and has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the environmental departments of Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia, clarifying cooperation directions in key areas such as jointly promoting green and low-carbon development, addressing climate change, and protecting biodiversity.
Over the past decade, Yunnan Province has collaborated with environmental departments of neighboring countries on a series of technical assistance and capacity-building projects, including the Environmental Protection Exchange and Cooperation Technical Assistance Project in Luang Namtha and Luang Prabang Provinces of Laos, the Green Lancang-Mekong Plan—Myanmar Pesticide Chemicals and Sustainable Water Quality Management Capacity Building Project, and the Ecological and Environmental Public Education Demonstration Project.
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, bordering Laos and Myanmar, has in recent years worked with Laos to build a collaborative governance system integrating government leadership, technological support, legal guarantees, and people-to-people connectivity. To date, a total of 3.76 million yuan has been invested, and nearly 700 pieces of equipment and materials have been purchased, effectively addressing Laos's insufficient protection infrastructure. After more than a decade of efforts, the stability of the ecosystem within the China-Laos cross-border joint protection area has been significantly enhanced, with zero major forest fires and cross-border ecological security incidents occurring within the region. (End)
