On July 4, 2022 local time, the seventh Lancang Mekong cooperation foreign ministers' meeting was held in Bagan, Myanmar. State Councilor and foreign minister Wangyi and Myanmar foreign minister winna Maung Lun co chaired the meeting. Lao Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister sharense, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister blasokhon, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister Dun, and Vietnamese foreign minister Pei Qingshan attended. Wangyi said that since the launch of the Lancang Mekong cooperation, the six countries have worked together and worked together to promote the high-level development of this new subregional mechanism, successfully creating a "golden model" of regional cooperation and bringing tangible benefits to the people of the six countries. As the world enters a new period of turbulence and change, Lancang Mekong cooperation should be upgraded in quality and go through the waves of global upheaval; We should move steadily to bring more benefits to the people of the six countries; We should be honest and innovative and set a better example for regional cooperation. It is hoped that the six countries will adhere to their original intention of "drinking the same river and closely connecting their destiny", pursue the concept of "development first, treating each other equally, being pragmatic, efficient, open and inclusive", persevere in cooperation, work together to promote development, work together to build a high-quality demonstration area of the "the Belt and Road", a pilot area of the global development initiative, and a pilot area of the global security initiative, and build a stronger economic development belt in the Lancang Mekong River Basin, Build a closer community of shared future for Lancang Mekong countries. Wangyi said that over the past year, the six countries have conscientiously implemented the consensus of the third leaders' meeting, joined hands to fight the COVID-19 and jointly built an "immune shield"; Accelerate the promotion of connectivity and jointly build a "development engine"; Actively carry out local cooperation and jointly build a "friendship bridge"; Efforts have been made to expand people's livelihood cooperation and jointly create a "happy home", which has made important contributions to promoting regional stability and prosperity. We should seize the current good opportunity for the vigorous development of regional cooperation, take more actions to consolidate the foundation and seek more long-term strategies, and promote Lancang Mekong cooperation to a new level from the six important directions of strengthening strategic guidance, deepening economic integration, expanding agricultural cooperation, adhering to green development, promoting digital cooperation, and strengthening people to people and cultural exchanges. Wangyi announced that China will implement the six major Mekong benefiting initiatives of "Lancang Mekong agricultural cooperation action plan", "Lancang Mekong water and people benefiting plan", "Lancang Mekong digital economic cooperation plan", "Lancang Mekong space cooperation plan", "Lancang Mekong talents plan" and "Lancang Mekong public health cooperation plan", so as to share cooperation Dividends with Mekong countries and increase development momentum. The foreign ministers of the participating countries held discussions on the theme of "strengthening solidarity and jointly promoting peace and prosperity among the six countries", and agreed that Lancang Mekong cooperation not only benefits the people of Lancang Mekong countries, but also effectively promotes regional peace, development and prosperity. The foreign ministers thanked China for its important role in deepening Lancang Mekong cooperation and its valuable support for the development of Mekong countries, appreciated China's global development initiative and global security initiative, and stressed that these two initiatives complement and promote Lancang Mekong cooperation, which is of great significance for the six countries to jointly address current global challenges. All parties agreed on the new six major cooperation directions, welcomed China's six major Mekong benefit initiatives, and said that they would continue to uphold the spirit of mutual respect, mutual trust, solidarity and cooperation, deepen cooperation in key areas, build Lancang Mekong cooperation into a propeller for inclusive and sustainable development, and build the six Lancang Mekong countries into a community that upholds sovereign equality and multilateralism. Wangyi stressed that the six Lancang Mekong countries are geographically connected and culturally close. Lancang Mekong cooperation is a cause jointly initiated and promoted by the six countries. It has become an important subregional platform for action orientation, improving people's livelihood and focusing on development, showing strong vitality. No matter how the international and regional situation changes, we should strengthen the determination of good neighborliness and friendship, adhere to the perseverance of mutually beneficial cooperation, share development achievements, jointly meet risks and challenges, contribute "Lancang Mekong wisdom" to the economic recovery of the six countries, add "Lancang Mekong power" to the regional prosperity and revitalization, provide "Lancang Mekong experience" for the implementation of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development, and jointly create a better future for the Lancang Mekong region. The meeting issued a joint press release and four joint statements on deepening cooperation in customs trade security and customs clearance facilitation, agricultural cooperation and ensuring food security, disaster management cooperation, and civilized exchanges and mutual learning, and issued the progress report of the Lancang Mekong cooperation five year action plan (2018-2022) in 2021 and the list of projects supported by the Lancang Mekong cooperation special fund in 2022, which showed the fruitful results of Lancang Mekong cooperation with detailed data. During his stay in Myanmar, Wang Yi also held bilateral talks with Myanmar's foreign minister winna Maung Lun, Cambodia's deputy prime minister and foreign minister bla sokhun, Laos' Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister CheA lunsai, and Vietnam's foreign minister Pei Qingshan, and attended the opening ceremony of the office building of the Myanmar National coordination agency for Lancang Mekong cooperation and other activities. (Xinhua News Agency)