MARCH 18 marks the unveiling of the 7th L a n c a n g - M e k o n g Cooperation (LMC) Week. The thousand-mile-long Lancang-Mekong River originates from the Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in China, closely connecting China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam as pearls on a string. In 2016, leaders of the six countries jointly launched the LMC as a new type of sub-regional cooperation mechanism in the spirit of a “shared river, shared future”. Over the past eight years, the six countries have treated each other equally, sincerely assisted each other, and become as close as family. The LMC has progressed from scratch, upgraded with quality improvement, and achieved fruitful results, continuously deepening and solidifying the construction of the Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future, bringing tangible benefits to the people of the member countries.