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BEIJING, Aug. 24-- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang raised six proposals to enhance Lancang-Mekong cooperation as the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders' Meeting was convened Monday via video link. The Chinese proposals included promoting water resources cooperation, expanding trade ties and connectivity cooperation, deepening cooperation on sustainable development, upgrading cooperation on public health, strengthening cooperation on people's livelihoods, and upholding the spirit of openness and inclusiveness. "The launch of the LMC has been motivated by a river. Drinking water from the same river, the LMC countries are as close as one family," said Li. "Over the past four years, the LMC has grown rapidly and entered a period of all-round development. It has become a new fountain of strength for regional development, and delivered real benefits to people of all related countries." Li noted the LMC countries have brought the cooperation mechanisms on water resources onto a fast track, strengthened economic cooperation and trade ties, put people first in the LMC, and increased their well-being. "Faced with COVID-19 since early this year, we have pulled together and supported each other in combating the virus and reviving regional growth," he said, noting that in the first half of this year, China's trade with the Mekong countries grew, bucking the trend of the global slowdown. Li said that starting from this year, China will share Lancang River's hydrological data for the whole year with the Mekong countries. China will work with the Mekong countries to establish a Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation Information Sharing Platform to help better tackle climate change and natural disasters such as floods and droughts. | 
