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新华网昆明１０月１３日电（记者徐晓蕾　李怀岩）首批中国游客日前从云南省西双版纳傣族自治州著名旅游景点勐泐大佛寺启程，乘坐旅游班车踏上开往老挝琅勃拉邦的异域风情体验之旅，标志着“昆明－西双版纳－老挝琅勃拉邦”的跨境旅游专线正式开通。

    西双版纳州副州长陈启忠说，西双版纳将全面加快发展边境贸易和跨境旅游，并打造辐射大湄公河次区域范围的精品旅游线路，逐步形成全方位、开放型的旅游网络格局。

    为此，西双版纳州与云南省旅游产业集团有限公司合作，首先推出“昆明－西双版纳－老挝琅勃拉邦”跨境旅游专线，并采取“一票游”的新经营模式，即该线路的旅游车将实行班次化管理，旅客自主安排游览线路上的旅游景点和选择停留时间。同时，“一票游”还将简化出境旅游手续，为广大游客提供优质、便捷的旅游服务。

    据介绍，云南旅游产业集团有限公司已在西双版纳投资设立了全资子公司——西双版纳跨境旅游汽车公司，开发湄公河次区域东南亚各国的跨国、跨境旅游业务。为将西双版纳建成连通中国内地旅游和东南亚出入境游的枢纽，大湄公河国际旅游集散中心正在筹划建设中。

    琅勃拉邦是一座有千年历史的文化名城，曾是老挝国王王宫所在地，是老挝最著名的旅游胜地之一。

（来源：新华网）

China To Build Section Of China-Laos-Thailand Railway

HANOI, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- China will invest 20.4 billion Chinese yuan (about US$ 3 billion) to build a 600-km railway segment running from its Southwestern province of Yunnan to Thailand's Mohan through Laos.

A feasibility study of the Yuxi-Mohan section of the China-Laos-Thailand international railway will be completed within this year, the Vietnam news agency (VNA) said.

The commencement of the construction works planned as early as possible, an official with the Yunnan railway construction leading group was quoted by VNA as saying.

Up to 70 percent of the total investment of the project will be provided by the Chinese Ministry of Railways, with the remainder being funded by Yunnan Province.

-- BERNAMA

I believe that after the protect complete will boost the trade and economic growth between three countries . 

China given US$100,000 aid to Laos anti-flood

source http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2008-08/27/content_331075.htm


China aid Laos $100 000 Us dollars to support the Laos government in reconstructing after serious flooded .

China to help Laos develop satellite-based communication system

China will, under a recent agreement, help Laos develop a telecommunications satellite and a ground station, and train relevant staff, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Monday. Under the agreement signed by Bountiem Phissamay, head of Laos' National Authority for Science and Technology, last Friday in Laos, and inked earlier in China by Sun Laiyan, chief of China's National Space Administration, the Chinese side will exchange technical information with Laos in the fields of earth observation, remote sensing satellite technology and application of remote sensing data. The two authorities will also cooperate to exchange information about satellite imaging and develop a program to read data from satellite images. Developing Laos' expertise in space technology will be beneficial to the country's socioeconomic development, according to the National Authority for Science and Technology. It can be used to facilitate long-distance transmission of audio and visual materials, and national land surveys.

source:http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6486431.html

Laos, China to strengthen natural resource management co-op

Laos, China to strengthen natural resource management co-op Technical staff from Laos and China have recently reached in-principle consensus on establishing a center for cooperation on land and natural resource management in Laos to exchange technical knowledge between the two countries, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Thursday. China has valuable expertise in requiring investors to take into consideration environmental issues when developing projects, the newspaper quoted Chanthaviphone Inthavong, acting director of Laos' Center for Research and Information on Land and Natural Resources, as saying. China has faced similar problems to Laos, including deforestation for trade and agricultural purposes, but its officials have succeeded in introducing income-generating activities attached to forest preservation. Jin Jiaman, executive director of Global Environmental Institute, a Chinese non-profit, non-governmental organization in Beijing, said China had implemented a number of environmentally friendly land development projects in such Chinese localities as Sichuan and Yunnan over the past 10 years. Jin gave the example of a dam constructed in Sichuan province where the dam's investors established a fund to rehabilitate the forest and implement social and environmental activities to provide a preservation area for pandas. "This shows the development process can be aligned with environmental protection for sustainability," she said.

Source: Xinhua

Travel in Zhaoqing,China

Dong minority in Zhaoqing,Guiyang, Guizhou Province,China