The China-ASEAN M-shaped regional economic co-operation framework was proposed by Liu Qibao, newly appointed secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China, at the recent Forum on Economic Co-operation of the Beibu Gulf Rim.

The annual China-Asean Expo attracts foreign government officials and entrepreneurs. [China Daily]

The framework involves Marine Economic Co-operation, Mainland Economic Co-operation and Mekong Subregion Co-operation, which are all initiated with the letter M. The Mekong River runs through China, the Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.

Geologically, the framework includes the Pan-Beibu Gulf Rim Economic Co-operational Zone and the Great Mekong River Sub-region as its wings and the Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor as its axis.

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