Laos – China’s gateway to Southeast Asia
Situated in Laos’ Luang Namtha province, Boten is China’s gateway to Southeast Asia and will be a critical link in both the North-South and East-West economic corridors. In terms of the North-South corridor, it is the transit point for the Kunming-Bangkok Expressway, which passes across Laos, over the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, and down to Bangkok. The planned China-Laos Railway that will connect Kunming to the Laotian capital of Vientiane will also pass through Boten. The East-West Corridor will connect Vietnam’s Danang with Phitsanulok in central Thailand and then Mawlamyine in Myanmar.
