When Sharon Sai arrived in Beijing as a special envoy, the gears of the China Laos community of shared future had already been interlocked from high-level consensus to the project list.

Bilateral trade approaches the billion dollar mark

By 2025, the trade volume between China and Laos will reach 9.817 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%. Laos' exports to China will be 5.5 billion US dollars, a growth rate of over 20%. The cross-border freight volume of the China Laos Railway was 5.441 million tons, with a value of 26.68 billion yuan, up 13.9% and 42.9% respectively. This golden channel has evolved from a simple passenger transportation route to a logistics artery carrying two-way flow of minerals, agricultural products, and electronic components.

Chinese enterprises have invested a total of 18 billion US dollars

China remains the largest source of investment for Laos, with a cumulative investment of approximately 18 billion US dollars. 154 enterprises have settled in the Wanxiang Saiseta Development Zone, with an annual output value exceeding 2 billion US dollars; Hydroelectric and photovoltaic projects are transforming Laos into a Southeast Asian battery. The China Laos Railway has been in efficient operation for more than two years. Capacity cooperation in agricultural product processing, mineral development and other fields has been launched simultaneously, and a large number of local jobs have been created. Keywords: the Belt and Road News Network, the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos

New five-year action plan locks in high standard cooperation

Sharon Sai responded that Laos is willing to deeply connect with China in the three major areas of connectivity, clean energy, and agricultural modernization. From the political mutual trust in the early days of diplomatic relations to the deep nesting of the industrial chain today, China Laos relations are writing a vivid example of mutual benefit and win-win among developing countries with the background of comrades and brothers.Editor/Gao Xue