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Reached a * * * understanding with think tanks of various countries along the route

1. Successfully held 8 symposiums, and the participants expressed their support for the construction of the South New Corridor

During this investigation, the delegation held 5 formal seminars and 3 informal symposiums with relevant departments of various countries along the route, and the relevant departments of various countries attached great importance to it. The participants in the symposium were high-level and numerous. Apart from experts from think tanks of various countries along the route, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Finance. In addition, the delegation was invited to take time to have a discussion with Mekong College in Thailand and TBL Logistics Company in Thailand, and visited the modern logistics park of TBL Company. At the symposium, experts and scholars from all countries actively expressed their opinions on promoting the South-New Economic Corridor in light of the reality of each country. The scene was warm and friendly. In the atmosphere of seeking common ground while reserving differences, the symposium went better than expected. In fact, this visit is also a friendship trip.

2. The South New Corridor is the most important land corridor connecting China and Southeast Asia.

At five formal symposiums, Vice President Gu Xiaosong of Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences gave a keynote speech and initiative on the construction of the South New Economic Corridor and introduced the purpose of this investigation. Experts, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from various countries participated in the symposium after listening to it, exchanged views and asked questions, some of which were still sharp. However, experts, scholars and government officials from all countries can proceed from the overall situation and form a basic understanding on promoting the construction of the South New Economic Corridor.

Experts and scholars attending the meeting believe that the South New Corridor connects seven countries, connects China with most ASEAN countries, and can radiate to Myanmar and Indonesia. It is the most important land corridor between China and ASEAN, connecting the Pearl River Delta, even the Yangtze River Delta and Indo-China Peninsula countries in the developed eastern part of China. As long as countries along the route strengthen cooperation, Cooperation in the construction and improvement of infrastructure such as roads and railways from China to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore can achieve intra-regional interconnection, and the improvement of transportation conditions in the region will promote the transportation, tourism and economic and trade cooperation of countries along the route, and even radiate to Myanmar and the growth triangle of Singapore and Laos through the East-West Corridor.

3. The South New Corridor should become the axis of China-ASEAN economic development, which not only promotes the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides, but also helps to promote the integration of ASEAN itself.

The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area has been completed as scheduled, and deepening the economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN needs new impetus. As an extension of the North-South Economic Corridor in the Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation and the "two corridors and one circle" cooperation between China and Vietnam, the Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor is an important carrier of economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN countries. The development and construction of the economic corridor will give full play to the advantages of location, resources, technology and market of various countries and regions along the route, optimize the resource allocation of various countries, and become the driving force for promoting China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation to a new level. Experts and scholars attending the meeting believe that the economic corridor is not only a corridor, but also "industrialization+urbanization". Through industrialization and urbanization, the development of the corridor will be promoted, and the corridor will truly become the axis of economic development. Therefore, scholars call for the construction of the corridor to be combined with the construction of towns, industrial zones and special zones in countries along the route, and to strengthen the division of labor and cooperation among countries along the route, so that the economic corridor will not only be a traffic corridor, but also develop into an economic belt, an industrial belt and a town group.

4. Countries along the South-New Corridor should take the lead in developing tourism logistics cooperation

Scholars and officials attending the meeting agreed that the goal of cooperation in the South-New Corridor is to build an economic belt, which needs the support of industrialization and urbanization, while the establishment of industrial clusters and urban clusters takes a long time, and it should start with the easiest cooperation in trade, tourism and logistics at present. In the South-New Economic Corridor, except Vietnam and Laos, the transportation infrastructure of other countries is relatively perfect. Vietnam and Laos have developed rapidly, but their transportation facilities can't keep up with their economic development. The South-New Economic Corridor must cooperate on the basis of smooth traffic, and all countries should strengthen the interconnection and cooperation of transportation infrastructure and cooperate to assist Vietnam and Laos in traffic construction on the basis of mutual benefit. At the same time, on the basis of existing transportation facilities, countries along the route take the lead in developing bilateral or multilateral cooperation in the fields of international trade, international tourism, cross-border passenger and cargo transportation, etc., and industrial cooperation can start with the tourism cooperation that is the easiest to start. First, the tourism cooperation mechanism of the South-New Economic Corridor should be established to connect the tourist attractions of countries along the route to form transnational tourist routes. Tourism cooperation can make the South-New Economic Corridor play an early role and benefit the residents of countries along the route as soon as possible.

the direction and suggestions for promoting the construction of the south new economic corridor

the south new economic corridor involves seven countries, and the roles and interests of each country are very different. What each country is most concerned about is whether the economic corridor can bring benefits and security to its own country. Therefore, there are many favorable factors as well as many problems and difficulties in promoting the construction of South New Economic Corridor.

First of all, the routes along the route are long, and the attitudes of different countries are different, which makes it difficult to advance. The Nanxin Economic Corridor is 3,7 kilometers long, involving many countries, and the construction of the whole line is restricted by funds and technology. For sectional construction, due to the different interests of countries in the construction of economic corridors, it is also difficult to coordinate the opinions of countries on the route direction, the sections to be built first and then the sections to be built. Therefore, designing a plan acceptable to all parties is an important task to accelerate the pace of promoting the South-New Economic Corridor. Countries along the route still don't understand the South New Economic Corridor. Generally speaking, except for some experts, scholars and some government officials, people in countries along the route still don't know about Nanxin Economic Corridor, which affects the enthusiasm of economic corridor construction.

Secondly, countries' economic and social development is unbalanced, mutual trust needs to be enhanced, and coordination is difficult. The economic and social development of countries along the route is unbalanced. The per capita GDP ranges from 8 US dollars in Laos to more than 3, US dollars in Singapore. The economic and living needs of countries are very different, and the economic and social development goals are also very different. Coupled with cultural and political diversity, it will also cause difficulties in coordination among countries. The South New Economic Corridor involves China-ASEAN relations and the relations between Southeast Asian countries. Therefore, enhancing mutual trust among countries along the route is one of the important conditions for promoting the construction of the South New Economic Corridor.

also, there is a lack of construction funds and technology. Most of the countries along the route are developing countries and lack of construction funds. Especially in Vietnam and Laos, due to financial constraints, domestic financing difficulties, infrastructure construction funds are pinned on foreign investment, and China naturally becomes the capital supplier for economic corridor construction in their eyes. At the same time, the railways in Southeast Asian countries are all meter-gauge, so it is difficult to connect with China's railway network.

Through the exchange, experts and scholars from various countries have enhanced mutual understanding and made clear the next direction for promoting the construction of the South New Economic Corridor. At the symposium, experts and scholars from various countries put forward many good suggestions from different angles.

1. think tanks from all countries along the route jointly carry out feasibility study

Experts and scholars from all countries agree that the construction of the South New Economic Corridor is of great significance, and it is necessary to further study the benefits and benefits that the corridor will bring to all countries along the route, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of all countries and form more knowledge. Corridor construction can reduce transportation costs and trade costs, and then promote the division of labor and cooperation between countries along the route and even between China and ASEAN. However, it is still unknown how much benefits countries get and how much challenges they face in the division of labor and cooperation. Therefore, the think tanks of countries along the route require cooperation in the feasibility study of the construction of the South New Economic Corridor, economic and technical demonstration, giving full play to the advantages of countries, further clarifying the status, role and interests of countries in the economic corridor, and inspiring the enthusiasm of cooperation among countries.

2. Focus on promoting the construction of Nanning-Bangkok Economic Corridor

Nanning-Singapore is 3,7 kilometers, so it is impossible to build such a long economic corridor in all directions. Besides, the highways along Thailand-Singapore have been upgraded, the traffic is smooth, and the economic corridor has initially taken shape. Therefore, we should focus on the Nanman section of the corridor, and gradually advance from point to line and then to surface. Starting from the development advantages and related interests, we can focus on promoting the construction of the Nanning-Bangkok corridor from Sangnu to Vientiane. Laos' Ministry of Transport has drawn up a traffic development plan from Vientiane to Hanoi, and strongly recommends that this passage including roads and railways should be built first, and considers that the Hanoi-Vientiane passage is the shortest and most effective passage in the South-New Economic Corridor. Laos hopes that the $1 billion China-ASEAN investment cooperation fund will be put into this section of transportation infrastructure construction first.

Vietnamese experts also suggested that the construction of the South New Economic Corridor should be combined with the construction of the "two corridors and one circle" between China and Vietnam, especially the Nanning-Hanoi Economic Corridor. At present, Guangxi should strengthen cooperation with Vietnam and promote the construction of China Pingxiang-Vietnam Tongdeng cross-border economic cooperation zone as soon as possible. Thai scholars also put forward the Yunnan-Laos-Thailand Folk Committee (folk cooperation mechanism) of Kunming Highway to promote the construction of Nanman Economic Corridor, hoping to set up the Bangkok-Nanning Economic Corridor Folk Committee on the Bangkok-Laos-Vietnam-Nanning Passage.

3. Incorporate the South New Economic Corridor into the sub-regional cooperation under the framework of China-ASEAN cooperation

At present, the South New Economic Corridor is mainly promoted by local governments, and the effect will not be too great. Experts and scholars from Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore all believe that the South-New Economic Corridor must be promoted at the national level and implemented in the framework of China-ASEAN cooperation, so as to achieve good results. Therefore, efforts should be made to include the construction of South New Economic Corridor in China-ASEAN cooperation planning and East Asia cooperation planning, and to combine it with the existing cooperation mechanism of China-ASEAN, with the development planning of countries along the route, and with the economic advantages of countries along the route, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties and form a joint force to promote the construction of economic corridor.

4. Promote QIC facilitation cooperation

QIC is the system of quarantine inspection, entry and exit and customs clearance. The QIC of countries along the route is different from each other, which is not conducive to the QIC facilitation construction of economic corridors, which affects the construction and formation of economic corridors. It is an arduous task to have a unified QIC system in the economic corridor.

the hardware construction of the economic corridor is the premise, and the improvement of the software system is the guarantee for the effective operation of the economic corridor. Experts and scholars all over the world believe that the facilitation of passenger and cargo clearance in countries along the route is an important symbol of the success of the economic corridor. If only the hardware facilities such as transportation are improved, but not the software system such as passenger and cargo clearance facilitation mechanism, the economic corridor will still be difficult to play its role.

5. Establish a forum for the South New Economic Corridor and build a cooperation platform for the South New Economic Corridor

The South New Economic Corridor can be used as a sub-regional cooperation project under the framework of China-ASEAN cooperation, and there are few disputes along the corridor, which is relatively easy to advance. To make people of all countries know more about it, we must increase publicity. The establishment of South New Economic Corridor Forum is one of the measures to promote corridor construction, which can be held in countries along the route in turn every year for discussion and publicity.

6. Raising construction funds through multiple channels

In the Nanxing Economic Corridor, the transportation infrastructure facilities in Vietnam and Laos are backward. Although both countries have transportation development plans for economic corridors, experts and scholars in both countries have indicated that their countries are in financial difficulties and it is difficult to improve the transportation facilities in the economic corridor in a short time by relying on their own strength. In addition to government agencies participating in the construction, more private economy should be involved in the construction of economic corridors. At the same time, it is necessary to raise construction funds, transportation infrastructure and other projects with large investment through various channels, such as Asian Development Bank, China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund and preferential loans, Bank of China, World Bank and ODA. Industrial investment projects can make more use of commercial bank loans, private investment and buyer's credit. Only with high-intensity investment can the economic corridor be built as soon as possible.