A Comparative Study On The Construction Of East - West And North - South Economic Corridor In The Greater Mekong Sub - Region

The Economic Corridor of The Greater Mekong Sub-region Cooperation has been developed for17years,The East-West Corridor and South-North Corridor have achieved obvious effect. With the devolepment of the corridor. Some difference has produced between the East-West Corridor and South-North corridor. As the bridge of southwest frontier, open-door to the outside world, The Greater Mekong Sub-regional Cooperation obviously plays an important role in the security of the southwest frontier, under the background of economic globalization and regional integration, strengthening neighboring diplomacy and putting into effect of One Belt and One Road, member states need to comb and summarize the progress, effect and existing problems of the Economic Corridor of The Greater Mekong Sub-region Cooperation and look into the distance of the prospect, then make suggestions and giving advice.This paper mainly briefly introduce the background and effect of the Economic Corridor of The Greater Mekong Sub-region Cooperation and analysis the problems of the cooperation, base on the prospect of the sub-regional cooperation, the paper make suggestions and give advice. From the point view of politics, economy and culture. With the analysis of the economic corridor of The Greater Mekong Sub-region Cooperation, the paper find that all the member states positively participate in the development, but as the intervening out of extraterritorial countries and investment difference, the East-West and South-North Corridor resulting in disparity and facing dilemmas.Through the analysis, this paper find that all countries are actively involved in the construction of the economic corridor because of economy profitable needs of every nation along the economic corridor the national. However, because of the the influence of many factors, the construction of East West and North South Economic Corridor presents difference. Infrastructure of East West Economic Corridor is better than that of North and South economic corridor. In addition, although the effect is significant, construction of the economic corridor is facing many difficulties. So as to the better overall construction of East West and North South economic corridor, the relevant countries and organizations must strengthen cooperation in order to promote full docking with the North South economic corridor. With the rapid development of the sub-regional integration process of ASEAN and the Greater Mekong, East and West and North and South economic corridor will be across the board docking. In general, It has a good prospect in the construction of economic zone. At present, China can actively participate in the construction of the economic corridor only by the political, economic,cultural aspects, which ensure that our interests in the Mekong River Sub region.