Study On The Construction Of Social And People-to-People Cooperation In Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

LMC,with the purpose of building a community of shared future among Lancang-Mekong countries,has such constructivist theoretical cores as friendship,“friends”,“common interests”and “common identity”.To explore the current situation and construction path of LMC social and people-to-people cooperation from the perspective of constructivism is conducive to combining theory with practice,cultivating the collective identity and common interests of the six countries along the Lancang-Mekong River,and forging a new pattern of regional governance.Social and people-to-people cooperation has been steadily promoted at high-level meetings,with multiple participants participating in social and people-to-people interactions.Compared with GMS,social and people-to-people cooperation in the LMC is more abundant in education,health and people-to-people interaction among young people.The fields involved and the participants are more macro;It is closely related to fostering collective identity of LMC.The main achievements of social and people-to-people cooperation in the aspect of“interaction among actors” in the LMC are the consensus reached in a series of declarations and the focus on youth interaction.The achievements in the construction of “shared knowledge” include the importance of cooperation in key fields,the pillar role of social and people-to-people fields,and the regional governance role of social and people-to-people cooperation.The role structure of “ friends ” plays a leading role in LMC and social and people-to-people cooperation has the altruistic attribute of “ Kantian culture ”.“ Collective identity ” is embodied in the construction of collective identity such as“partnership for social and people-to-people exchanges”and “community of shared future among Lancang-Mekong countries”.The construction of social and people-to-people cooperation in the LMC is mainly faced with the following difficulties: the weak institutionalization of social and people-to-people interaction in the LMC,the identity confusion of actors in the LMC,and the difficulties in cultivating and deepening the structural culture of social and people-to-people cooperation.Traditional concept of“politics and economy are more important than society” has affected the social people-to-people cooperation mechanism building as a whole,the connotation of the project mining does not affect the interaction between the projects,non-state actors subject not clear,the national actors geopolitical considerations,“social humanities exchanges partnership”inner meaning is not clear,“culture of LMC” discourse internalization is limited,The lack of cultivation practice of “culture of LMC” is the main reason for the difficulties in the construction of social and people-to-people cooperation in the LMC.To promote social and people-to-people cooperation,can improve the mechanism of coordination architecture,strengthen the social and people-to-people interaction in each field,strengthening social people-to-people cooperation partnership status.Further Construct a “ Community of Shared Destiny of Lancang-Mekong Countries ” from Enriching the Meaning of “culture of LMC”,Improving the Measurement System of Social and Common Awareness of people-to-people cooperation,etc.