Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and China.
老挝是东南亚的一个内陆国家，与泰国、柬埔寨、越南和中国接壤。
Vientiane, the capital of
Laos, is known for its historical temples and French colonial architecture.
老挝的首都万象以其历史寺庙和法国殖民地建筑而闻名。
The Mekong River flows through
Laos, serving as a vital source of water and transportation.
湄公河流经老挝，是重要的水源和交通途径。
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang showcases the fusion of traditional Lao and Buddhist culture.
世界文化遗产琅勃拉邦展示了老挝传统和佛教文化的融合。
Laos has a rich biodiversity, with large areas of forest and diverse wildlife, including tigers and elephants.
老挝拥有丰富的生物多样性，大片的森林和多样的野生动物，包括老虎和大象。
Sticky rice is a staple food in
Laos, often served in a bamboo basket called a 'bplaa mii'."
粘米饭是老挝的主要食物，通常装在竹篮“bplaa mii”里。
The annual Rocket Festival, or 'Boun Bang Fai', in
Laos involves launching homemade rockets into the sky.
老挝每年的火箭节“Boun Bang Fai”会发射自制火箭到天空中。
The country's economy relies heavily on agriculture, with rice being the primary crop.
老挝经济严重依赖农业，水稻是主要作物。
Laos has a unique cultural identity, influenced by Theravada Buddhism and neighboring countries.
老挝具有独特的文化身份，受到南传佛教和邻国的影响。
Tourism is an increasingly important sector in
Laos, attracting visitors to its natural beauty and cultural heritage.
旅游业在老挝日益重要，其自然美景和文化遗产吸引了大量游客。
In March, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co Ltd announced collaboration with Singapore-based Rxilient Biotech on development and commercialization of an antibody drug through a joint venture in nine Southeast Asian nations — Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam.
今年3月，上海君实生物科技有限公司宣布，通过在泰国、文莱、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、老挝、马来西亚、缅甸、菲律宾和越南等九个东南亚国家的合资企业，与新加坡的Rxilent Biotech合作开发抗体药物并将其商业化。
State Grid has been contracted to build key national power grids in Brazil, Pakistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Poland, Myanmar and Laos, promoting the "going global" mix of China's equipment, technologies, services, brands and standards, and contributing made-in-China solutions to global energy governance.
国家电网已签约在巴西、巴基斯坦、埃及、埃塞俄比亚、波兰、缅甸和老挝建设关键国家电网，推动中国设备、技术、服务、品牌和标准“走出去”，为全球能源治理贡献中国制造解决方案。
Chinese power companies have been actively engaging in cross-border transmission line interconnections and electricity trading with neighboring countries, including Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos.
中国电力公司一直在积极参与与俄罗斯、蒙古、越南、缅甸和老挝等邻国的跨境输电线路互联和电力交易。
From last year to the beginning of this year, China's central bank appointed ICBC as the renminbi clearing bank for Laos, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Brazil.
从去年到今年年初，中国央行任命中国工商银行为老挝、哈萨克斯坦、巴基斯坦和巴西的人民币清算银行。
China Southern Power Grid Yunnan International Co Ltd (YNIC), a subsidiary of China Southern Power Grid, formally signed a Power Purchase Agreement of 115 kilovolt Power Interconnection Project with Electricite du Laos (EDL) on March 9 to complement each other in electricity transmission between China and Laos.
3月9日，南方电网旗下的中国南方电网云南国际有限公司与老挝国家电力公司正式签署115千伏电力联网项目购电协议，实现中老输电互补。
Under the agreement, China can help consume excess hydropower from Laos between June and October when local hydropower resources are abundant, while China can also provide stable power supply to the northern parts of Laos during the dry season, said YNIC.
YNIC表示，根据该协议，中国可以在当地水电资源丰富的6月至10月期间帮助消耗老挝多余的水电，同时中国也可以在旱季为老挝北部地区提供稳定的电力供应。
As a two-way power trade pilot project, the 115 kV transmission line from China's Yunnan province to Lao's Oudomxay province has been in operation for 12 years and has transmitted more than 1 billion kilowatt-hours of power to the northern parts of Laos, which has substantially boosted local development of the region, it said.
报告称，作为双向电力贸易试点项目，从中国云南省到老挝乌多姆赛省的115千伏输电线路已经运行了12年，向老挝北部地区输送了超过10亿千瓦时的电力，这大大促进了该地区的当地发展。
An analyst said this will boost the country's utilization of hydropower, help transform its water resources into economic benefits, and help build Laos into a powerhouse in Southeast Asia.
一位分析人士表示，这将促进老挝水电的利用，有助于将其水资源转化为经济效益，并有助于老挝建设成为东南亚的发电厂。
Wei Hanyang, a power market analyst at research firm BloombergNEF, said China's official start in importing power from Laos will supplement electricity supply in Yunnan province, which sometimes runs short of power during droughts.
研究公司BloombergNEF的电力市场分析师魏汉阳表示，中国正式开始从老挝进口电力，将补充云南省的电力供应，该省在干旱期间有时会出现电力短缺。
As China Southern Power Grid's platform to carry out international power cooperation in South Asia and Southeast Asia, China Southern Power Grid Yunnan International has established international power cooperation in grid interconnection, cross-border power trade, overseas investment, overseas project contracting, management and technical consulting, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges with countries including Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Bangladesh for more than 10 years.
作为南方电网在南亚和东南亚开展国际电力合作的平台，南方电网云南国际在电网互联、跨境电力贸易、海外投资、海外工程承包、管理和技术咨询等方面建立了国际电力合作，与越南、老挝、缅甸、泰国、柬埔寨、孟加拉国等国开展了10多年的人文交流。
It currently has been interconnected with the power grids of Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos through power transmission lines at voltages of 110 kV and above.
目前已通过110千伏及以上电压的输电线路与越南、缅甸和老挝的电网互联。
Biotech company MGI Tech delivered a container laboratory to Laos on Thursday, so as to help the country boost its mass COVID-19 testing capacity and prepare for the gradual re-opening of its borders in 2022.
生物技术公司MGI Tech周四向老挝交付了一个集装箱实验室，以帮助该国提高其大规模新冠肺炎检测能力，并为2022年逐步重新开放边境做好准备。
The RCEP pact is a free trade agreement concluded in November between the 10 member states of ASEAN－Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam－and five of its FTA partners, namely Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea.
RCEP协定是东盟10个成员国——文莱、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、老挝、马来西亚、缅甸、菲律宾、新加坡、泰国和越南——与澳大利亚、中国、日本、新西兰和大韩民国五个自由贸易协定伙伴于11月缔结的自由贸易协定。
Apart from planning to put the Padma Bridge, Bangladesh's largest infrastructure project, into actual service by the end of this year, CREC announced earlier this week the China-Laos railway, a railroad stretching over 1,000 kilometers from Southwest China's Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, to Vientiane in Laos, will launch service in December.
除了计划在今年年底启用孟加拉国最大的基础设施项目帕德玛大桥外，中铁建工集团本周早些时候还宣布，从中国西南部云南省省会昆明到老挝万象、全长超过1000公里的中老铁路将于12月开通运营。
Based in Beijing, CRM has more than 100 branches in China, the United States, Australia, Laos and other countries and regions.
总部位于北京的CRM在中国、美国、澳大利亚、老挝等国家和地区拥有超过100家分支机构。
As a new-type of subregional cooperation mechanism between China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, the LMC has played an important role in promoting the economic and social development of the six countries.
澜湄合作作为中国、柬埔寨、老挝、缅甸、泰国和越南之间的新型次区域合作机制，在推动六国经济社会发展中发挥了重要作用。
A railway bridge linking Nong Khai province with the Laotian capital Vientiane will connect Thai railways with the Laos network.
一座连接泰国廊开府和老挝首都万象的铁路桥将把泰国铁路网与老挝的铁路网连通。
Upon completion, the railroad will be Thailand's first high-speed railway running across the country and connecting with Laos' Vientiane until it reaches China's Kunming, Yunnan province, said Feng Hao, a researcher at the Institute of Comprehensive Transportation of the National Development and Reform Commission.
该铁路建成后，将成为泰国首条贯穿全国并连接老挝万象、最终抵达中国云南省昆明的高速铁路，中国国家发展和改革委员会综合运输研究所研究员冯浩说。
The top three investment destination countries were Singapore, Indonesia and Laos, said the Ministry of Commerce.
据商务部表示，前三名的投资目的地国家是新加坡、印度尼西亚和老挝。
The company reported that its third unit of the fourth cascade in phase II of the Nam Ou River Cascade Hydropower Project in Laos was connected to the national grid in October, a new landmark development for the giant hydroelectric power project.
该公司报告称，其在老挝的南欧河水电站二期工程的第四级瀑布的第三单元于10月并入国家电网，这是这个大型水力发电项目的一个新的里程碑式发展。
When completed, it will contribute to more than 12 percent of Laos' electricity supply.
该项目完成后，将为老挝提供超过12%的电力供应。
Its projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Laos and elsewhere are back on track.
它在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、伊拉克、刚果民主共和国、津巴布韦、沙特阿拉伯、老挝等地的项目已经回到正轨。
The Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement that no passengers have tested positive for novel coronavirus on flights from Laos' capital to the provincial capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province for three consecutive weeks between June 15 and July 5, as well as from Japan's capital to Shanghai, meeting the conditions to add one extra weekly flight on each route.
The company has already provided assistance in various forms to countries in need across Africa and other parts of the world, such as Algeria, Angola, Laos and Trinidad and Tobago.
UnionPay has become the No 1 card brand in Laos, Mongolia and Myanmar in number of cards issued.
Other recent deals cover rice, wheat and corn in Thailand, Laos and Kazakhstan.
Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies is continuing to carry out its Seeds for the Future program in Laos, offering 10 more Lao students opportunities to learn latest ICT technologies in China.
The program aims to facilitate the transfer of ICT (information and communication technology) knowledge, thus assisting Laos to be a digitally empowered nation, the company's Lao branch CEO Wang Qi told Xinhua on Friday.
In August 2018, the company inked a power grid development deal with Electricite du Laos and the central government of the Asian country.
To date, the grid operator has forged connections with grids in Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, and other Southeast Asian countries to ease power shortage pressures.
"China Southern Power Grid can leverage its VSC-HVDC technology to guarantee more stable water, wind, or solar power transmission in countries like Saudi Arabia and Laos, where there are abundant natural resources," said Han Xiaoping, chief researcher at china5e.
Wang Xin, chairman of Hongda, said on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions that the company has obtained deals to develop digital ID systems for Laos and Papua New Guinea, as well as 50 million digital licenses for Indonesian drivers.
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) has launched an upgrading project for a Savanakhet road in central Laos.
Dong Jifeng, assistant general manager of NORINCO International, the business sector of its parent company NORINCO, said at a ceremony on Saturday at the project site, some 430 km Southeast of the capital Vientiane, that this is the first road construction project undertaken by NORINCO in Laos.
The project will greatly improve the road infrastructure in the central and southern Laos and promote local social and economic development, said Dong.
Minister of Lao Public Works and Transport, Bounchanh Sinthavong told the ceremony that the project is of great significance to Laos, especially to the economic development of Savannakhet Province, and will facilitate the transportation of local people and promote production, tourism and commercial development.
"At the end of July, when a deadly flash flood swept through Attapeu province of southern Laos, China Railway, a Chinese company constructing the China-Laos Railway in the country, provided assistance to the disaster-stricken areas without any hesitation.
Meanwhile, Lao Asia Pacific Satellite Co Ltd, also known as LaoSat, a joint venture between China and Laos, immediately sent a technical team to provide live satellite television broadcasts and emergency communication services for the victims and rescuers in the disaster-stricken Attapeu.
These cases are not rare in Laos nowadays.
Nam Ou River is the largest eastern tributary of the Mekong River in Laos.
As of August this year, the first phase of the project had been put into operation and had delivered more than 3 billion kWh of electricity to the northern part of Laos.
The second phase of the project is expected to be completed by 2020 and will guarantee 12 percent of the electricity supply in Laos.
"Based on the actual needs of Laos, integrating with Laos' social and economic development and people's livelihood planning, we creatively propose a scientific development plan of seven-dam cascade project, which is fully recognized by the Lao government," said Huang Yande, assistant general manager of PowerChina Resources Limited and general manager of the subsidiary in Laos.
Bounpong Ketsadasak used to work with Laos' state-owned Electricite Du Laos and now works as a deputy general manager in charge of Power-China's Nam Ou phase one project.
Ketsadasak said that the Laos' strategy of "Battery of Southeast Asia" goes well with the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, and Nam Ou cascade hydropower project is a great achievement of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Yu Mingchuan, deputy general manager of Sinohydro Bureau and general manager of its Lao branch, said that thanks to scientific management and hard work, the company has been recognized as an international and professional construction team with a good reputation in Laos.
The company is well-known in Laos for its capabilities of constructing large and medium-sized hydropower projects and installing electro-mechanical equipment.
"Under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, our company will strive for the economic and social development of China and Laos, and contribute to the bilateral friendship," Yu said.
The Southeast Asia Tower Company will mainly be engaged in the construction, maintenance and operation of communication towers, base stations, power supplies and other supporting facilities, as well as that of indoor distribution systems and transmission systems in Laos.
The joint venture will rely on the experience and capabilities of China Tower in technology, operation management, and industrial chain integration to further explore the synergies between the two markets of China and Laos and improve the communication infrastructure construction and operation level in Laos.
She Xiechuan, General Manager of Lao Technology Development Co Ltd, a Chinese company in Laos, told Xinhua on Friday that his company has signed the memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Department of Standardization and Metrology under the Lao Ministry of Science and Techology in Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday.
The MoA allows the signing parties to jointly build a national measurement center to serve the Lao technology service, and the fair and just business environment in Laos.
According to She, his company has made thorough survey and study of the Lao technology service since January, 2017 when his company was set up in Laos.
The Lao Ministry of Public Works and Transport and China's Yunnan Sunny Road and Bridge Company (YSRBC) have signed a memorandum of understanding on a feasibility study of constructing a section of the expressway linking capital Vientiane and southern Laos' hub Pakxe.
"The expressway is a priority pilot project of the government and will attract more foreign investment and tourists to Laos upon its completion," Bounyavath said.
Liu said the expressway would help to spur the socio-economic growth of Laos and would enable the country to connect with others in the region, with the aim of turning the landlocked Laos into a regional economic hub.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha met with founder of the online shopping giant Jack Ma before an agreement was signed to help set up the hub to facilitate trade among Thailand, China, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.
We have made and issued identity cards to residents from Laos and Papua New Guinea in cooperation with local governments, as well as about 50 million driver licenses in Indonesia," said Wang Xin, chairman of Hongda.
Hongda entered overseas markets in 2006 and formed strategic partnerships with some tech heavyweights such as HP Inc, Microsoft Corp and IBM, selling its products to more than 20 countries and regions, such as the United States, Germany, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Laos.
We have made and issued identification cards to residents from Laos and Papua New Guinea in cooperation with local governments, as well as about 50 million driver's licenses in Indonesia," said Wang Xin, chairman of the Changchun-based company.
Hun Sen said since the past until the present, Cambodia's northeastern region, including Stung Treng, Kratie, Ratanakkiri and Mondolkiri provinces, had relied on electricity mainly imported from neighboring Laos.
The construction of Laos' first ever oil refinery in the Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone of capital Vientiane is expected to be completed in mid-next year.
Once operational, the refinery will become among the nation's largest industrial enterprises and be able to supply about 60 percent of fuel in Laos.
Laos imported 1.3 million liters of oil annually, according to Phaiboun.
Lao government has given the green light for a Chinese company to conduct a feasibility study on developing the Khonphapheng Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in southern Laos' Champassak province, local media reported on Tuesday.
The Chinese company's study will identify business activities and tourism facilities to facilitate the growth of tourism in Laos.
China Southern Power Grid, another State-owned utility powerhouse, has constructed 12 alternating current lines between Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
EDL-Gen (Electricite du Laos Generation Public Company) is willing to join hands with regional countries to build an integrated energy system and exchange of electrical energy, EDL-Gen director Bounoum Syvanpheng has said.
Hydropower plants built by Chinese companies have helped provide residents in remote areas in Laos with access to electricity, contributing to the accomplishment of the country's socio-economic development targets, according to Lao officials.
"At present, Laos has connected with regional countries in terms of energy, but the competitiveness of our system is not strong enough and needs to be improved to ensure quality and reliability of connection," Bounoum said.
Laos expects China's promotion of power grid interconnection and interworking with neighboring countries to "contribute to realizing our common goal," noting that the EDL-Gen will continue to support the exchanges of electrical energy among regional countries to ensure regional energy stability.
Electricity exports have become one of the main sources for foreign trade and foreign exchange reserves of Laos.
The major sources for electricity in Laos is hydropower.
It is estimated that the gross theoretical capacity of hydropower in Laos can reach some 30,000 megawatts, and exploitable installed capacity of 25,000 mW.
China Telecom's plan came shortly after its bigger rival China Mobile Communications Corp said last week it would build two telecom systems to facilitate China's ties with Laos and Myanmar.
He added that the electric power supply available in 2016 was 2,008 mWs, including 1,592 mWs taken from hydropower plants, coal-fired power plants, oil-fueled power plants, and solar power plants, and 416 mWs imported from Vietnam, Thailand and Laos.
particularly in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam," Thai Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana was quoted by the Bangkok Post as saying.
The company's projects in digital governance, enterprise, industry and new communication technologies span across Malaysia, Laos, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Infrastructure and business activities fostering synergy in development strategies among partner economiesA railroad between China and Laos, a vehicle plant in South Africa, a container port in Greece and a highway in Jamaica — these represent just a few of the projects constructed and managed as part of the Belt and Road Initiative over the past decade.
Located in Bokeo province in northern Laos, the Nam Tha 1 Hydropower Station has an installed capacity of 168 megawatts.
With Laos scheduled to assume the ASEAN chairmanship in 2024, Sonexay said he welcomes investors to visit the country to discover new opportunities and utilize the railway.
Suriyan Vichitlekarn, executive director of the Mekong Institute, an intergovernmental organization run by six governments in the Greater Mekong sub-region (China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam), said: "The progress of the ASEAN-China cooperation will produce more far-reaching effects and benefits to others.
Trade cooperation between China and the 10-member ASEAN — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — has developed steadily over the years.
As of Aug 15, the Mohan entry-exit border handled a total of 246 cross-border passenger trains from China and Laos, carrying some 53,000 passengers from 53 countries and regions.
At the 5th Lancang-Mekong Business Forum, more than 100 industry representatives from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation countries, including China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, discussed cooperation opportunities in the agricultural and food processing industries.
At the 5th Lancang-Mekong Business Forum, more than 100 industry representatives from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) countries, including China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, discussed the cooperation opportunities in the agricultural and food processing industries.
Big hydropower business platform boosts cooperation between China, SE Asian nationVIENTIANE — Finding a life partner while chasing career dreams is not easy, but a young couple in northern Laos luckily got both while working for Power Construction Corp of China, or PowerChina.
Phavady Nalathone, a 22-year-old woman from Xieng Khuang, northern Laos, has been working at the Nam Ou 1 hydropower plant of the Nam Ou Cascade hydropower project, which has been supplying electricity to the China-Laos Railway in Luang Prabang province since 2020.
The project includes seven cascade hydropower plants along the Nam Ou River, the largest tributary of the Mekong River in Laos.
So, I decided to apply," said Nouphet Thongsakda, her 31-year-old husband from Savannakhet province, southern Laos.
Malaithong Kommasith, industry and commerce minister of Laos, said emerging industries face many barriers like a lack of consumer awareness, insufficient financing, imposed restrictions, high costs of research and development, and unfriendly environment.
The Lancang-Mekong River flows through China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia.
In 2021, Yuxin'ou opened international railway trains from Chongqing to Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, and realized a seamless connection with the China-Europe Express in Chongqing, forming an international railway network that spans Europe and Asia.
The 150,000 durians from Thailand were first transported by road to Laos, where they were loaded on a train that traveled into China via the China-Laos Railway.
A total of 13 agreements on trade, culture, and friendship cities were signed during the event, and a friendship province relationship emerged between Anhui Province of China and Attapeu Province of Laos.
For example, China's trade with Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos grew by over 20 percent on a yearly basis," said Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN secretary-general, via video link at the forum on Friday.
"Liu's business was propelled by the China-Laos Railway, which connects China's Kunming with Vientiane in Laos and started operation in 2021.
The Lancang-Mekong River is a vital waterway for cross-border shipping, with the upper reaches of the river known as the Lancang River in China and the Mekong River in the other five Southeast Asian countries it flows through -- Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Apart from fruit from Thailand, more and more agricultural products from Laos and Cambodia, as well as seafood from Vietnam, have entered the vast Chinese market through the trade corridor.
Since the beginning of this year, a large number of Chinese tourists, especially business groups, have come to Laos to explore investment and trade opportunities.
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