The 9th Pan-Beibu Gulf (PBG) Economic Cooperation Forum will kick off on May 26 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The forum will focus on PGB cooperation in Belt and Road construction this year. The forum will hold two parallel summits themed on development of China-Indo-China Peninsula economic corridor and cooperation among port cities of China and ASEAN countries.
Compared with the previous one, this year's forum will be more pragmatic, said Wei Ran, deputy secretary-general of Guangxi government and deputy secretary-general of the organizing committee.
Wei disclosed that a written proposal of developing China-Indo-China Peninsula economic corridor, constitution and a five-year plan of China-ASEAN port city cooperative network will be issued and a batch of projects will be launched during the forum.
According to the organizing committee, government officials from countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar have confirmed they would attend the forum. Meanwhile, Lianyungang city of China, Kuantan of Malaysia, Laem Chabang of Thailand, Yangon of Myanmar and other several port cities will join the port city cooperative network.
The PBG Economic Zone covers the Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan, and countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei.
Initiated in 2006, the PBG Economic Cooperation Forum last year unveiled a proposal to jointly construct the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
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