Myanmar – China Ties: Early Resumption of Development & Infrastructure Projects

The Myanmar Government looks forward to re-start development projects and accelerate bilateral economic and technical cooperation with the People’s Republic China, its largest trading partner, following disruptions caused by the pandemic and recent social unrest.Union Ministers U Aung Naing Oo and U Maung Maung Ohn expressed during the meeting with Chinese media on Wednesday.

The Union Ministers of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and the Ministry of Information said in a joint statement that Myanmar enjoys a special ‘paukphaw’ or kinship with its close neighbour and has received substantial economic and technical support from the PRC over 71 years of bilateral ties.

Having achieved national stability in recent months, and with the health situation stabilizing after receiving substantial vaccines from the PRC, a major priority for Myanmar is to implement 39 key re-proposed projects involving PRC development assistance, amounting to 3.8 billion renminbi (RMB).Expediting the revised list of PRC-funded or related projects and development programmes will enhance bilateral cooperation after nearly 2 years of disruption by the pandemic and domestic issues.

Apart from helping to implement various development and economic projects, the easing of travel lanes will also facilitated the arrivals from the PRC as Myanmar prepares to revive its tourism sector. In a bid of cooperating in COVID-19 Preventive measures between the People’s Republic of China and Myanmar, the signing ceremony of purchasing agreement to produce 10 million doses of Ready to Fill Bulk’ (RTF Bulk) Sinopharm vaccines in Myanmar was held at Lotte Hotel in Mayangone Township, Yangon Region in the evening on December 22.

Next, the Union Minister U Maung Maung Ohn viewed the Anyeint program shooting of the performance of Harr Style Anyeint troupe at Studio (2) of MRTV (Yangon) to commemorate the Independence Day, cordially greeted the artistes and shotting crew and presented cash assistance to them. Then, he also viewed the program shooting of the contestants to compete in “Happy Together Music Festival” at studio (1).