TraderelationsandinvestmentbetweentheGMSandChinaaregrowingrapidly，pushingtheirinterdependencegrowing。TheGMSseesopportunitiestoaccesstheChinesemarketasalumpof1。3billionpeoplewitharapidlyrisingaverageincome;increasedtrade，investmentandODAfromChina。Onthecontrary，ChinawantsthroughGMScooperationtopromoteYunnanandGuangxiprovincesofChinatoexpandmarket，increaseinvestment，increaselabormobilityinthesub⁃region，competewithJapanandUS，takingtheleadingpositionofeconomicintegrationinEastAsia。AnequallyimportantfactorthattheGMScountriesattractChinaisrichnaturalresourcestomeetthedemandforrawmaterials，fuelforChinesproduction。Chinahaslauncheda“oneaxis，twowings”foreignstrategyinwhichtheGMScountrieshavebeenselectedasaninlandwinginthisstrategy。Moreover，theChinesegovernmentalsolaunchedthe“BeltandRoadInitiative”(BRI)—aframeworkfortheChina’smulti-nationaleconomicdevelopmentthroughtwocomponentplans，onthemainland，theEconomic“BeltoftheSilkRoad”andthe21stcenturyMaritimeSilkRoadontheSea。TheinitiativefocusesonconnectivityandcooperationbetweenEurasiancountries，primarilythePeople’sRepublicofChina(PRC)。“Onthisbasis，ChinahasdecidedtoincreaseitsparticipationincooperativeactivitiesintheGMS。” <<