Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) is a multilateral format established in 2016 for cooperation between the riparian states of the Lancang River and Mekong River. The Lancang is the part of the Mekong that flows through China. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand are five downstream countries of the Mekong River.

Water resources

The central purpose of the format is for China to manage water flow from its hydropower dams with the other riparian states. China has built seven megadams on the Lancang-Mekong and according to the US-based NGO International Rivers 20 are under construction or planned in Yunnan, Tibet and Qinghai.

LMC Special Fund

A fund was created in 2016 to aid in small and medium-sized projects by the Lancang-Mekong countries.

References

External links

• Official Website of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

1. Mekong
2. World Economic Forum
3. SCO Interbank Consortium
4. Mekong River Commission
5. BCIM Economic Corridor
6. Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries
7. Belt and Road Initiative
8. Forum on China–Africa Cooperation
9. Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
10. List of projects of the Belt and Road Initiative
11. Climate change in Vietnam
12. China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
13. China Development Bank
14. Eurasian Land Bridge
15. Boten–Vientiane railway
16. 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
17. Kunming University of Science and Technology
18. Export–Import Bank of China
19. Port of Piraeus
20. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank