What is the full English name of GAP?

GMS is the abbreviation of Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation, which means Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation in Chinese.

Greater Mekong Subregion refers to six countries and regions in the Mekong River Basin, including Cambodia, Viet Nam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Yunnan Province of China. The population of this area is about 250 million, and the GDP reaches 654.38+09 billion US dollars.

The "GMS Economic Cooperation Plan" was initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 1992, aiming at promoting the free flow of goods, capital and people and trade facilitation in the Mekong River basin by strengthening economic ties between countries and regions, so as to realize economic growth and people's living standards improvement in this region. ADB is the coordinating body of the Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation Mechanism, and provides some technical assistance funds for the necessary activities.

The priority areas initially determined by the Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation Mechanism include transportation, communication, energy, environment, tourism, trade facilitation, investment and human resources development. GMS institutions include ministerial meetings and senior officials meetings; Working groups and forums in the above eight areas.

In view of the great role of agriculture in the national economy of GMS countries, it was decided at the ministerial meeting of GMS countries in 20065438+065438+065438+0GMS that agriculture and natural resources should be added to the GMS regional cooperation field, and an agricultural working group was established on the basis of the original eight working groups of GMS to promote agricultural cooperation in the sub-region.