Premier Li Keqiang, along with the other five leaders at the first Lancang-Mekong leaders’ meeting in Sanya, Hainan province, held a press conference on March 23.

Premier Li said that the cooperation mechanism approved political security, economy and sustainable development, social and cultural development as the three pillars of the agreement, and interconnection, production capacity, cross-border economy, water agriculture and poverty alleviation were the five fields of priority cooperation.

The six countries also agreed to hold the leaders’ meeting every two years, and the next meeting will be held in Cambodia.