Kunming - Bangkok Highway Nanning - Bangkok Highway Present And Future Comparative Studies

At present, Kunming-Bangkok Highway- the international thoroughfare from Kunming to Bangkok has been basically completed, and the Nanning-Bangkok highway has also been able to go through Vietnam, so there are two paths through Laos to Bangkok, and a most convenient channel is under discussion. The construction and development of the Kunming-Bangkok Highway and Nanning-Bangkok highway will not only bring local economic benefits to the Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and the Mekong River Economic Zone, but also bring the general, macro economic and social benefits to China and ASEAN countries, even greatly improving China's international status in Southeast Asia. But for the time being, the operational effect of Kunming-Bangkok Highway is not as good as Nanning-Bangkok highway. This article will use the combination quantitative and qualitative analysis methods, literature research method and interview survey method to do analysis and research on the construction situation and the operation of Kunming-Bangkok highway and the Nanning-Bangkok highway, and make a comparative study of their own advantages and disadvantages from the micro perspective of a Thai national.Through the research, it is found that the Kunming-Bangkok Highway and the Nanning-Bangkok highway have become two Economic Corridors linking southern China and northern Thailand while complement each other, they are also facing some common difficulties and bottleneck problems such as:limitation of compatible political, economic system, economic development standard and security on cooperation among the countries along highway; lack of unified standard logistics facilities across the border; the communication problems resulting from different language and cultural background of the Asian Development Bank's member countries which are responsible for harmonizing unified standards and cross-border problems especially in customs clearance and commodity inspection sector; highway security administration problems and so on. In addition, although the Nanning-Bangkok highway possesses a better condition, it also faces the problem like China and Vietnam not implementing GMS facilitation measures, deterioration of the paved road for the lack of maintenance and repair. The problems the Kunming-Bangkok Highway facing is overall problem combining "point, line and plane", and the key answer to this problem is to encourage China, Laos and Thailand coordinating in road facilitation. Concerning with the Nanning-Bangkok highway, GMS customs clearance facilitation experiences should be popularize to the whole highway construction and development; for example, carrying out the direct transportation services of goods as early as possible, simplifying customs and cross bordering procedures for passengers and so on. From the future perspective of the development, the development and construction of two roads is a major factor affecting bilateral trade and economic relations between Southeast Asian countries and parts of China, and the two roads are important transport facilities to Thailand, especially for Thai nationals participating in trade and business along the highway, so both the two projects should be in progress. Kunming-Bangkok Highway and the Nanning-Bangkok highway will play a major role in the China-ASEAN economic cooperation, development, creating win-win situation.