Wang Yi: Lancang-Mekong Cooperation a ‘Golden Model’ at 10-Year Mark

The LMC's tenth-anniversary framing is a signal of institutional consolidation rather than a new initiative: Beijing is presenting a decade of continuity as proof the framework works. The reference to moving from institution-building to results-oriented cooperation matters most for the six member states, since it implies scrutiny will shift to deliverables rather than structure. Whether that shift is matched by concrete outcomes, and how the grouping positions itself within a crowded field of regional mechanisms, is the open question worth watching.