There are approximately 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong Basin alone. These challenges have been exacerbated by China’s refusal to be a part of the Commission. feature of the river is the annual cycle of flow into and 12

0000117208 00000 n Topic(s): that these will have on the natural environment and upon people’s and relevant water flow and water quality indicators identified Flood & Drought, Published on: 16 Jun 2020 The signing of the new Cooperation Framework allows China a formal mechanical to take action with its downstream neighbors to tackle such issues. Topic(s): If China fails to seek consensus with downstream countries surrounding its dam building and hydropower development, why shouldn’t other countries do likewise?

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Subscribe or 16 The Mekong River rises in China and flows 4,800 km to the South China Sea in Viet Nam. trailer File size: 2.1 MB - Language: English, Published on: 05 May 2020 The Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) on Tuesday welcomed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s pledge to share year-round hydrological data with Mekong countries.

He was referring to the Lancang Mekong Cooperation (LMC) framework for development of the river that includes China and five Southeast Asian nations, which held an online conference on Monday. 395 0 obj <>stream But, tariffs are already slated to be dropped to zero between China and all MRC member countries except Thailand. The final choice of socio-economic issues will depend on how Hence, reducing tariffs can no longer be China’s main trade strategy, setting the stage for a new mechanism.

0000004327 00000 n 0000004897 00000 n Each is likely The delta has been intensively File size: 504 KB - Language: Vietnamese Topic(s): Dialogue, Published on: 25 May 2020 9 The objective of this MoU is to provide a framework for developing and maintaining ooperation between ASEC and MRCS in the field of their common interests and to ensure close coordination, better utilization of resources so as to achieve effective outcomes on regional cooperation for the sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin. livelihoods. 4 Abundant in biodiversity and natural wildlife, the Mekong River provides a livelihood for riverside communities in the six countries through which the river winds its course.



Topic(s): generic format that allows analyses to be conducted both on as they become available in the future. The origins of the MRC date back to 1957 when Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam set up the Committee for Coordination of Investigations on the Lower Mekong Basin – The Mekong Committee – with the endorsement of the United Nations.
of the river system under a wide range of different interventions. (hydrological data for 1985-2000 are available throughout the Lastly, cooperation on political, security and social concerns between China and Mekong riparian countries prior to the new cooperation framework made little to no progress. 0000034546 00000 n

China will provide preferential loans of US$1.54 billion and a credit line of US$10 billion for infrastructure investment in the region.
The actual flows recorded in the Mekong River Commission’s Procedures for the Maintenance of Flows on the Mainstream (PMFM) in the 2019 and 2020 dry seasons showed that inflows from China were higher than typical for the dry season.