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Greater Mekong Subregion Senior Officials' Meeting

27 October 2020

The Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Archway is a popular tourist destination in downtown Kunming.

The Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway, an integral section of the GMS Northern Economic Corridor, connects Yunnan, PRC, with Hanoi, and Hai Phong and Cai Lan ports in Viet Nam. Photo by ADB.

Garment workers waiting to be checked after returning from home. Photo by ADB.

Inside a factory in the Savan Park Special Economic Zone in Savannakhet. Photo by ADB.

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) held a Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) on 27 October 2020 via web-based conferencing. It was attended by GMS Senior officials and ADB officials.

The meeting finalized key items and firmed up arrangements for the 24th GMS Ministerial Conference (MC-24). The MC-24 was convened on 4 November 2020.

This SOM held sessions on:

GMS Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030 (GMS-2030): final review and clearance by the SOM
GMS COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plan 2021-2023: review by the SOM
The study, GMS 2030 and Beyond: Integration, Connectivity, and Cities -- Where to and How
The GMS RIF 2022 Third Progress Report and Update
The proposed establishment of the Task Force on Labor Migration and its terms of reference
The draft Senior Officials’ Meeting Chair’s Report to the Ministers and the status of MC-24 deliverables
Arrangements for the virtual 24th GMS Ministerial Conference
Updates on the 7th GMS Summit

An earlier SOM held on 11 September 2020 i) briefed senior officials on the key elements of the latest GMS Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030 (GMS-2030) draft, ii) outlined the proposed medium-term GMS COVID-19 Response Plan, iii) presented updates on the Report of the Pilot Study on the Development of the PRC-Myanmar Sections of the North-South Economic Corridor, iv) discussed the outcome of the Dialogue on Labor Migration in the GMS, v) briefed Senior Officials on the progress of work and next steps in the Regional Investment Framework (RIF) Third Progress Report and Update covering the year 2020, and vi) reviewed the progress of preparations for the 11th GMS Economic Corridors’ Forum, 24th GMS Ministerial Conference (MC-24), and the 7th GMS Summit.