ABSTRACT

The China–Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor, with Nanning, Guangxi (East Line) and Kunming, Yunnan (Western Line) as the starting points and Singapore as the end, passes through the Indochina Peninsula, covering the 6 major ASEAN members—Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. It’s not only an important carrier for China and ASEAN to further expand and enhance cooperation, but also an important channel and transnational economic corridor connecting the Sea and Land Silk Road, China and South East Asia. The Indochina Peninsula, located between China and the South Asia subcontinent, and between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, with unique location advantages and geographical advantages, has historically been the pivot of the Maritime Silk Road. In addition, the Malacca Strait is an international strategic channel as famous as the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. The Lancang–Mekong International Waterway and the cross-border traffic and oil and gas networks under construction link the Land and Sea Silk Road closely together. As major members of ASEAN, countries of the Indochina Peninsula have played an important role in the process of East Asian integration centred on ASEAN, while ASEAN has become China’s third largest trading partner, the fourth largest export market and the second largest source of imports.