Ma Jiantang meets with Bouasone, head of the National Economic Research Institute and former Prime Minister of Laos, on July 16. [photo/drc.gov.cn]

Ma Jiantang, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), met with Bouasone, head of the National Economic Research Institute (NERI) and former Prime Minister of Laos, on July 16.

Ma Jiantang (left) meets with Bouasone, head of the National Economic Research Institute and former Prime Minister of Laos, on July 16. [photo/drc.gov.cn]

The two sides exchanged views on the construction of the China-Laos Economic Corridor and future cooperation between DRC and NERI.