New Progress in Laos’s Socialist Modernization

In 2021, the 11th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party set the goal of achieving modernization. Since the 11th Congress, facing a complex international situation and heavy domestic tasks, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has united and led the multi-ethnic people of Laos to deepen reforms, follow a development path suited to its own conditions, adopt multiple measures, and continuously push forward new progress in socialist modernization.

2021年，老挝人民革命党十一大提出了实现现代化的奋斗目标。十一大以来，面对复杂的国际形势和繁重的国内任务，老挝人民革命党团结带领老挝各族人民深化革新，走适合自身的发展道路，多措并举，不断推动社会主义现代化建设取得新进展。

Further strengthening Party building

进一步加强党的建设

Strengthening the Party’s ideological and theoretical development. Since the 11th Congress, in the face of new circumstances and tasks, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has adhered to the “Six Fundamental Principles” [1]1 The “Six Fundamental Principles” are a set of guiding tenets for the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, typically including adherence to socialism, Marxism-Leninism, and the leadership of the Party, though the exact formulation may vary. and placed greater emphasis on strengthening the Party’s ideological and theoretical development, ensuring that Party cadres and members at all levels remain loyal to the Party, to the people, to socialism, and to the people’s democratic system. First, it has further strengthened theoretical research work, summarized the Party’s experience in theoretical development, carried out propaganda and research on Marxism-Leninism and Kaysone Phomvihane Thought [2]2 Kaysone Phomvihane Thought is the official ideological doctrine of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, named after its long-time leader Kaysone Phomvihane, and is presented as the application of Marxism-Leninism to Lao conditions., improved the system of political theory courses in various types of education, based on reality, continuously innovated the content of political-ideological education, and maintained the systematic nature of education in political ideology, Party history, and national history. Second, it has paid attention to social trends of thought, conducted research and judgment on negative propaganda and ideological trends that distort facts, promptly identified and resolved problems, improved the capabilities and qualities of personnel in the political field, strengthened institutional development, and ensured the dissemination and promotion of lofty national values. Third, it has strengthened the management of the internet, severely cracking down on words and deeds that distort facts, engage in reactionary slander, create psychological pressure, divide, and undermine national political security. Fourth, it has strengthened political-ideological education for youth, enabling young people to understand the Party’s history and the nation’s history, raise their political awareness, and become new-era individuals with patriotic spirit, morality, positivity, exploratory innovation, and wisdom.

加强党的思想理论建设。十一大以来，面对新的形势和任务，老挝人民革命党坚持“六项基本原则”，更加注重加强党的思想理论建设，确保各级党员干部忠于党、忠于人民、忠于社会主义、忠于人民民主制度。一是进一步加强理论研究工作，总结党的理论建设经验，开展马列主义、凯山·丰威汉思想宣传研究，完善各类教育中的政治理论课程体系，立足实际，不断革新政治思想教育内容，保持政治思想、党史和国史知识教育的系统性。二是关注社会思潮，对歪曲事实的负面宣传、思想动态进行研判，及时发现和解决问题，提高政治领域工作人员的能力和素质，加强制度建设，保证传播和弘扬崇高的民族价值观。三是加强对互联网的管理，严厉打击歪曲事实、反动诽谤、制造心理压力、分裂和破坏国家政治安全的言行。四是加强青年政治思想教育，让青年人了解党的历史、民族的历史，提高政治觉悟，做一个具有爱国主义精神，有道德、积极向上、探索创新、充满智慧的时代新人。

Upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party believes that strengthening Party leadership is not only related to the future and destiny of the Party and the state but is also the fundamental political guarantee for the healthy development of all undertakings. Since the 11th Congress, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has further strengthened the Party’s centralized, unified leadership and implemented and embodied it in various tasks such as the economy, politics, culture, ecology, people’s livelihood, diplomacy, and national defense and public security. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party emphasizes that under the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, the connections between various departments should be tightened, achieving mutual cooperation and mutual supervision, jointly serving society and the people. To make the Party’s overall leadership stronger and more effective and to continuously improve the level of leadership capability, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has put forward the general requirements of strict political life within the Party, strict adherence to the Party’s political discipline, and upholding the principle of democratic centralism.

坚持和加强党的全面领导。老挝人民革命党认为加强党的领导不但关系党和国家的前途命运，也是各项事业健康发展的根本政治保证。十一大以来，老挝人民革命党进一步加强党的集中统一领导，并将其落实与体现在经济、政治、文化、生态、民生、外交和国防治安等各项工作中。老挝人民革命党强调要在党中央的集中统一领导下，密切各个部门之间的联系，做到相互配合、互相监督，共同服务社会和人民群众。为了使党的全面领导更加坚强有力、领导能力水平不断提高，老挝人民革命党提出了严肃党内政治生活、严守党的政治纪律、坚持好民主集中制原则的总要求。

Strengthening the Party’s work style development. First, it requires Party cadres and members at all levels to go deep into the grassroots, go deep into reality, go deep into impoverished areas, understand the production and living conditions of the masses, and solve practical problems for the masses in development. To this end, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party emphasizes that Party cadres and members and state personnel should go deep among the masses, put the masses in the primary position, and think about the interests of the masses in everything, so as to win the support and endorsement of the people. Second, it continues to strictly implement the guiding principles formulated by the 11th Party Congress, respect the people’s right to be masters of the country, make the people’s democratic system more complete, trust and rely on the masses, and take seeking happiness for the masses as the highest goal of Party leadership. Third, Party cadres and members should further raise their political-ideological awareness, firmly establish the idea of “the masses in my heart,” and take promoting rural development and winning the battle against poverty as their goals. Fourth, it raises the level of supervision, making objective supervisory evaluations of the work achievements and shortcomings of Party organizations and Party cadres and members, urging Party organizations and Party cadres and members at all levels to be strict with themselves, enhance unity, and fulfill their duties.

加强党的作风建设。一是要求各级党员干部深入基层、深入实际、深入贫困地区，了解群众的生产生活情况，为群众解决发展中的实际问题。为此，老挝人民革命党强调党员干部和国家工作人员要深入群众，把群众放在首要位置，一切为群众利益着想，这样才能得到人民的拥护和支持。二是继续严格执行党的十一大制定的指导方针，要尊重人民当家作主的权利，使人民民主制度更加完善，相信和依靠群众，把为人民群众谋幸福作为党的领导的最高目标。三是党员干部要进一步提高政治思想觉悟，牢固树立“群众在我心中”的思想，把推动农村发展、打好消除贫困攻坚战作为奋斗目标。四是提高监察水平，对党组织和党员干部工作成绩和存在的不足要作出客观的监督评价，鞭策各级党组织和党员干部严格要求自己，增强团结，尽职尽责。

Strengthening the building of the Party membership. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has always regarded purifying the Party membership as an important content and key link in strengthening the Party’s self-construction, adhering to the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and Kaysone Phomvihane Thought, taking the Party’s ideological and theoretical development, political development, and work style development as the starting point, vigorously promoting the Party’s fine traditions, maintaining the working-class advanced nature and revolutionary character of the Party membership, so that it always remains a clean, strong, and stable vanguard. Since the 11th Congress, Laos has strengthened education and training for Party cadres and members, with the aim of building a contingent of Party cadres and members who are responsible, have ideals, have revolutionary morality, and trust and are loyal to the Party. To encourage Party cadres and members to dare to take responsibility and act actively, Laos holds an annual commendation conference for outstanding civil servants, commending outstanding civil servants, and issuing honorary certificates to Party cadres and members who have achieved excellent assessment results and been recorded as first-class, second-class, or third-class merit.

加强党员队伍建设。老挝人民革命党始终把纯洁党员队伍作为加强党的自身建设的重要内容和关键环节，坚持以马列主义、凯山·丰威汉思想为指导，以党的思想理论建设、政治建设和作风建设为抓手，大力弘扬党的优良传统，保持党员队伍的工人阶级先进性、革命性，使之始终是一个廉洁坚强稳固的先锋队。十一大以来，老挝加强对党员干部的教育培训，目的在于建设有担当、有理想、有革命道德、对党信任和忠诚的党员干部队伍。为激励党员干部勇于担当、积极作为，老挝每年召开优秀公务员表彰大会，对优秀公务员进行表彰，并为考核结果为优秀的记一等、二等、三等功的党员干部颁发荣誉证书。

Vigorously promoting economic development

有力推动经济发展

Vigorously developing agriculture and tourism. Laos is an agricultural country and a tourist destination. Laos’s economic growth mainly benefits from agriculture and tourism. Since the lifting of epidemic prevention and control restrictions, agriculture and most of the tourism industry have gradually regained vitality. The Asian Development Bank report states that Laos’s economic growth in 2022 was mainly positively influenced by factors such as increased agricultural output, recovery of domestic tourism, increased power generation, and infrastructure projects. It is worth mentioning that since the lifting of epidemic prevention and control, Laos’s planting and breeding industries have rapidly recovered and developed, with a large number of agricultural products exported to China, Thailand, and other countries and regions. Laos has also adopted many effective methods to stimulate and revitalize tourism, causing a sharp increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting Laos, driving relatively rapid growth in tourism economic income. In addition, mining and energy exports in the industrial sector have, to a certain extent, timely “added icing on the cake” for domestic economic development.

大力发展农业和旅游业。老挝是农业国和旅游圣地。老挝经济增长主要得益于农业和旅游业，自疫情防控限制取消后，农业和大部分旅游业逐步恢复生机。亚洲发展银行报告称，2022年老挝的经济增长主要受到农业产量增加、国内旅游业恢复、发电量增加和基础设施项目等因素的积极影响。值得一提的是，自疫情防控放开以来，老挝的种植业、养殖业迅速恢复发展，大量农产品出口中国、泰国等国家和地区。老挝还采取很多有效方法激励和重振旅游业，使前来老挝旅游的外国游客人数猛增，带动了旅游经济收入较快增长。此外，工业方面的采矿和能源出口在一定程度上适时地为国内经济发展“锦上添花”。

The China-Laos Railway drives economic development along the route. The China-Laos Railway is a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, organically connected with Laos’s strategy of transforming from a “land-locked country” to a “land-linked country,” playing an important driving role in Laos’s economic development and directly benefiting the Lao people. Since its opening and operation in December 2021, the China-Laos Railway has leveraged its “time-space” advantages, enabling the flow of people, goods, capital, and information to surge along this thousand-kilometer railway line, releasing its maximum comprehensive benefits. On the one hand, it has activated the tourism economy along the route, driving local economic development and prosperity; on the other hand, it has driven the increasing prosperity of mineral development, sand and gravel and cement production, planting and breeding industries, as well as service industries such as paving, catering, homestays, and intermediaries along the route. Now, with the China-Laos Railway as the main axis, a convenient and efficient international logistics corridor has been built between China, ASEAN, and the world, activating freight services at stations such as Vientiane South and Vang Vieng, bringing more employment opportunities and wealth-making opportunities to the people along the route, allowing more people to enjoy the development dividends brought by the China-Laos Railway.

中老铁路带动沿线经济发展。中老铁路是共建“一带一路”的旗舰项目，与老挝变“陆锁国”为“陆联国”战略有机连接，对老挝经济发展发挥了重要带动作用，直接造福老挝人民群众。自2021年12月开通运行以来，中老铁路发挥“时空”优势，使人流、物流、资金流、信息流在这条千里铁路线上竞相涌动，释放了其最大的综合效益。一方面，它激活了沿线旅游经济，带动了当地经济发展繁荣；另一方面，它带动了沿线矿产开发、砂石和水泥生产、种植和养殖业及摊铺、餐饮、民宿、中介等服务业的日益繁荣。现在，以中老铁路为主轴，在中国和东盟及世界间构建起一条便捷高效的国际物流通道，激活万象南、万荣等车站货运业务，为沿线百姓带来更多的就业岗位和致富发家的机遇，让更多的民众享受到中老铁路带来的发展红利。

Strengthening digital economy development. Since the 11th Congress, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has placed digital economy development on the agenda. After review and approval by the National Assembly, Laos has successively promulgated multiple documents such as the “National Digital Economy 5-Year Development Plan,” the “National Digital Economy 10-Year Development Strategy,” and the “Vision for National Digital Economy 20-Year Development.” Relevant ministries and commissions of Laos have publicly explained the necessity and importance of strengthening digital economy development in Laos, the main content of Laos’s digital economy development plan, etc. In December 2022, Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos, pointed out at the National Digital Development Conference that it is necessary to strengthen the Party’s leadership over digital economy development, break through traditional thinking, form a unified will, give play to the state’s leading and management role, and promote the participation of the whole society in digital economy development. Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos, also emphasized that it is necessary to raise the awareness of Party committees, administrative organs, cadres, and the masses at all levels about the urgency of digital development, actively participate in digital development, and strive to cultivate high-quality talents for digital development.

加强数字经济建设。十一大以来，老挝人民革命党把数字经济建设提上了议事日程。在国会审议通过后，老挝先后颁布了《国家数字经济5年发展规划》《国家数字经济10年发展战略》《关于国家数字经济20年发展愿景》等多份文件。老挝相关部委对老挝加强数字经济建设的必要性与重要性、老挝数字经济建设规划的主要内容等进行了公开阐释。2022年12月，老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦在国家数字化建设大会上指出，要加强党对数字经济建设的领导，突破传统思想，形成统一意志，发挥国家主导和管理作用，推动全社会参与数字经济建设。老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦还强调，要提高各级党委和行政机关及干部群众对数字化建设紧迫性的认识，积极参与数字化建设，努力培养数字化建设高素质人才。

Vigorously promoting poverty reduction work

着力推动减贫工作

The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has always regarded poverty reduction work as a basic and regular task, continuously and vigorously promoting poverty reduction work, transforming from “blood transfusion” to “blood production,” focusing on giving play to its own hematopoietic function.

老挝人民革命党一直把减贫工作作为一项基础性经常性工作，持续有力推动减贫工作，变“输血”为“造血”，着重发挥自身造血功能。

Taking the implementation of livelihood projects as a driver to help impoverished areas and the masses develop industries. Taking the development of planting, breeding, and agricultural and forestry product processing industries as the starting point, driving local economic prosperity, adopting preferential measures, creating employment positions, and absorbing more people to participate in the construction of the China-Laos Railway, so as to increase their family income.

以实施民生项目为带动，帮助贫困地区及群众发展产业。以发展种植业、养殖业、农林产品加工业为抓手，带动地方经济繁荣，采取优惠措施，创造就业岗位，吸收更多群众参与中老铁路建设，以增加他们的家庭收入。

Carry out China–Laos cooperation on poverty reduction. Implement the “Eight Major Projects for Assisting Laos” (also known as the “Four 100s” Project or the “4×100” Project), building 100 rural lighting projects, 100 rural digital television projects, 100 rural health projects in impoverished areas, and 100 rural water supply projects in impoverished areas. In accordance with the spirit of the *Joint Statement on Further Deepening the Building of a China–Laos Community with a Shared Future*, China and Laos have further strengthened experience exchange and cooperation in the fields of poverty reduction and rural revitalization, with a focus on supporting personnel capacity building in Laos’s poverty reduction sector. The *Action Plan of the Communist Party of China and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party on Building a China–Laos Community with a Shared Future (2024–2028)*, signed by the two parties in 2023, states that they will continue to carry out a series of livelihood projects such as rural poverty alleviation facility construction, support the improvement of people’s livelihoods in northern Laos, benefit more local people, and jointly promote the Global Development Initiative to achieve positive results in Laos as a priority. This is not only an important driving force for Laos to completely shake off absolute poverty, but also a vivid practice of further deepening the building of a China–Laos community with a shared future.

开展中老减贫工作合作。实施“援老八大工程”（又称“四个100”工程或“4×100”工程），建设100个农村点亮工程、100个农村数字电视工程、100个农村贫困地区卫生工程、100个农村贫困地区供水工程。根据《关于进一步深化中老命运共同体建设的联合声明》精神，中老进一步加强减贫与乡村振兴领域经验交流与合作，重点支持老挝减贫领域人员能力建设。2023年中老双方签订的《中国共产党和老挝人民革命党关于构建中老命运共同体行动计划（2024－2028年）》指出，持续开展农村扶贫设施建设等系列民生项目，支持老北地区民生改善，更多惠及当地百姓，共同推动全球发展倡议优先在老挝取得积极成果。这不仅是老挝彻底摆脱绝对贫困的重要推动力量，也是进一步深化中老命运共同体建设的生动实践。

At the 2022 conference on “Summarizing the Implementation of Political Foundation Building, Comprehensive Rural Development, and the Three Constructions Work, and Planning for 2025,” [3]3 The Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing in October 2023, marking the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos, emphasized that promoting rural development and eradicating poverty is an important strategy for the long-term survival of the Lao people’s democratic system. To date, more than 50 counties, over 4,700 villages, and more than 900,000 families in Laos have been lifted out of poverty, and a number of counties, villages, and families have achieved further development.

在2022 年的“政治基础建设、农村综合发展、三建设工作落实情况总结和2025年规划”大会上，老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦强调，促进农村发展、摆脱贫困是老挝人民民主制度能够长存的重要战略。到目前为止，老挝有50多个县、4700多个村、90多万个家庭实现脱贫，一批县、村、家庭得到进一步发展。

Deeply advance the building of a socialist rule-of-law state

深入推进社会主义法治国家建设

Building a socialist rule-of-law state is the basic strategy of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party in leading the people to govern the country. Since the 11th National Congress, [4]4 The China-Laos Railway, a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, is a 1,035-kilometer electrified railway connecting Kunming, China, with Vientiane, Laos, which began operations in December 2021. the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, based on concrete realities, has continued to deeply advance the building of a rule-of-law state and has achieved good results.

建设社会主义法治国家是老挝人民革命党领导人民治理国家的基本方略。十一大以来，老挝人民革命党立足具体实际，继续深入推进法治国家建设，并取得了良好效果。

Strengthen the Party’s leadership over the building of a rule-of-law state. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party believes that the national legislative body is a faithful representative of the people’s rights and interests, and must gradually strengthen the role of the legislative body in formulating and perfecting laws. All this must adhere to the Party’s overall leadership to ensure its correct political direction and social fairness and justice.

加强党对法治国家建设的领导。老挝人民革命党认为国家立法机关是人民权益的忠实代表，必须逐步加强立法机关在制定和完善法律方面的作用，而这一切必须坚持党的全面领导，确保其正确的政治方向和社会公平正义。

Improve the government administrative management system and adhere to law-based administration. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party emphasizes governing the country strictly in accordance with laws and regulations, focusing on studying and improving the administrative organs of the central and local governments at all levels, making them compact, transparent, simple, efficient, and suitable for Laos’s actual conditions.

完善政府行政管理体系，坚持依法行政。老挝人民革命党强调要严格按照法律法规治理国家，重点研究和改进中央和地方各级政府行政机构，使其紧凑、透明、简洁、高效并适合老挝实际。

Strengthen the building of the judicial workforce. Since the 11th National Congress, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has paid more attention to the building of the judicial workforce, actively improving judicial organization at all levels, actively cultivating leading cadres, judges, and staff who are courageous in taking responsibility, and through strengthening regular education and training, continuously improving their ideological and moral qualities, making them loyal to the Party and the state, and better serving the people.

加强司法队伍建设。十一大以来，老挝人民革命党更加注重司法队伍建设，积极完善各级司法组织工作，积极培养勇于担当的领导干部、法官和工作人员，通过加强经常性教育培训，使其不断提高思想道德素质，忠于党和国家，更好服务人民。

Further improve the modern legal system. To date, Laos has promulgated and implemented more than 180 laws, effectively safeguarding Laos’s socio-economic development. Since the 11th National Congress, under the strong leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, the Lao National Assembly has further intensified legislative work, formulating and perfecting a series of laws and regulations that suit the country’s conditions and the development of the times, with a gradual increase in quantity and an improving quality. Currently, the laws and regulations promulgated and implemented in Laos have formed a relatively complete system, covering horizontally the fields of politics, economy, culture, social livelihood, ecological protection, diplomacy, and national defense and public security, achieving vertical integration between central and line ministries and localities, and functionally manifesting the value of safeguarding services, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of all parties, and enhancing social vitality.

进一步完善现代法制体系。到目前为止，老挝已颁布实施的法律为180余部，有力保障了老挝社会经济发展。十一大以来，在老挝人民革命党的坚强领导下，老挝国会进一步加大立法工作力度，制定和完善了一系列符合本国国情和时代发展的法律法规，数量逐步增加，质量日益提高。目前，老挝已颁布实施的法律法规形成了较为完善的体系，横向上涵盖政治、经济、文化、社会民生、生态保护、外交和国防治安等各领域，纵向上中央和垂直部门、地方实现了贯通，功能上保障服务的价值得到彰显，维护了各方面合法权益，增强了社会活力。

Strengthen the Party’s leadership over foreign work and actively promote China–Laos exchange and cooperation

加强党对外交工作的引领，积极推动中老交流合作

From November 29 to December 1, 2022, at the invitation of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of China, Th

2022年11月29日至12月1日，应中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平邀请，老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦率团访问中国。这是他在老挝人民革命党十一大上当选为总书记后首次访华，凸显了两党两国关系的特殊重要性。

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping held cordial talks with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith at the Great Hall of the People. Both sides emphasized that they would uphold the principle of “long-term stability, good-neighborliness, mutual trust, and comprehensive cooperation” and the spirit of “good neighbors, good friends, good comrades, and good partners,” respecting and trusting each other politically, benefiting each other economically, supporting and protecting each other in security, and understanding and cherishing each other in cultural and people-to-people exchanges, continuously deepening the building of the China-Laos community with a shared future, and making active efforts and contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平在人民大会堂和老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦举行了亲切会谈，双方强调，将要秉持“长期稳定、睦邻友好、彼此信赖、全面合作”方针和“好邻居、好朋友、好同志、好伙伴”精神，在政治上互尊互信、经济上互惠互利、安全上相守相助、人文上相知相亲，不断深化中老命运共同体建设，为推动构建人类命运共同体作出积极努力和贡献。

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping introduced the main situation

中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平介绍了中共二十大主要情况，指出中共二十大阐述了开辟马克思主义中国化时代化新境界等重大问题，提出新时代新征程中国共产党的使命任务，强调要全面建设社会主义现代化国家、全面推进中华民族伟大复兴。老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦对中共二十大作出了高度评价，指出中共二十大是中国新时代的重大事件，对世界发展具有重要影响，在世界正经历复杂变化的形势下，中国是维护世界和平稳定的中流砥柱，致力于促进人类共同发展和构建人类命运共同体。访问期间，老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦参观了中国共产党历史展览馆，他强调中国共产党取得的伟大成就给他留下了美好印象，今后中老双方要继续秉持“四好”精神，不断推动中老命运共同体建设行稳致远、开花结果。

On October 20, 2023, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith, who was in China to attend the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and for a working visit. This was the third time in nearly a year that General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith had come to China.

2023年10月20日，中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平在人民大会堂会见了来华出席第三届“一带一路”国际合作高峰论坛并进行工作访问的老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦。这是近一年时间内，老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦第三次来到中国。

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping stressed: Upholding the Party’s leadership and upholding the socialist orientation are the essential features of China-Laos relations. The two Parties, China and Laos, should continue to deepen political mutual trust, improve governance capacity, and strengthen communication and cooperation in areas such as politics and law enforcement security; they should tap the potential of the China-Laos Railway, take development along the railway line as the focus, steadily advance the building of the China-Laos Economic Corridor, actively promote the vision of regional connectivity development, and create a model for Belt and Road cooperation in this region. China is willing to continue providing assistance within its capacity for Laos’s economic development, encourage more Chinese enterprises to invest in Laos, import more high-quality agricultural products from Laos, and expand cooperation between China and Laos in areas such as energy and mining.

中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平强调：坚持党的领导，坚持社会主义方向，是中老关系的本质特征。中老两党要持续深化政治互信，提高执政能力，加强政治、执法安全等领域沟通和合作；要深挖中老铁路潜力，以铁路沿线开发为重点，稳步推进中老经济走廊建设，积极推进区域联通发展构想，打造本地区“一带一路”合作样板。中方愿为老挝经济发展继续提供力所能及的帮助，鼓励更多中国企业赴老投资，进口更多老挝优质农产品，扩大中老能源矿业等领域合作。

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith pointed out: The eight major steps proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation have injected new impetus into the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road. Laos is willing to strengthen high-level interaction with China, deepen exchanges on governance experience, advance practical cooperation such as the China-Laos Economic Corridor, strengthen coordination and cooperation on ASEAN-China relations and regional issues, and promote new development in China-Laos relations.

老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦指出：习近平总书记提出的支持共建“一带一路”八项行动为“一带一路”高质量建设注入新的动力。老方愿同中方加强高层互动，深化治国理政经验交流，推进中老经济走廊等务实合作，就东盟中国关系和地区问题加强协调配合，促进中老关系实现新的发展。

China and Laos are both socialist countries led by communist parties, sharing similar ideals and convictions, the same social system, close development paths, and intertwined future destinies. The successful visit to China by General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith highlights the guiding and directional role of the China-Laos Party-to-Party relationship in China-Laos exchanges and cooperation, demonstrates the determination of both Parties, both countries, and both peoples to cherish and carry forward their traditional friendship, and reflects the mutual support of the two Parties for each other’s modernization endeavors. This will surely inject new impetus into the development of world socialism.

中老两国同为共产党领导的社会主义国家，理想信念相通、社会制度相同、发展道路相近、前途命运相关。老挝人民革命党中央总书记、国家主席通伦的成功访华凸显了中老两党关系对中老交流合作的领航定向作用，展示了两党两国和两国人民对传统友谊的珍视并加以弘扬的决心，体现了两党对两国现代化事业的相互支持，这必将为世界社会主义发展注入新动力。

Looking to the future, Laos will take the spirit of its 11th National Congress and all plenary sessions as its guide. Under the strong leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, it will recognize the international situation, base itself on its own national realities, follow the line of comprehensive reform with principles, further explore a socialist path suited to itself, deeply promote the adaptation of Marxism to the Lao context and the needs of the times, strengthen the Party’s own building, continuously improve the socialist-oriented market economy system, advance the modernization of national governance, actively integrate into regional and international integration processes, take an independent development path of industrialization and modernization, and achieve green, sustainable, and high-quality development.

展望未来，老挝将以十一大和历次全会精神为指引，在老挝人民革命党坚强领导下，认清国际形势，立足本国实际，沿着有原则的全面革新路线，进一步探索适合自身的社会主义道路，深入推动马克思主义老挝化时代化，加强党的自身建设，不断完善社会主义定向的市场经济体制，推进国家治理现代化，主动融入地区和国际一体化进程，走工业化、现代化自主发展道路，实现绿色、可持续、高质量发展。

(This article is a phased result of the National Social Science Fund General Project “The Strategic Implications and Realization Path of Building a Digital Community with a Shared Future for Mankind” [23BKS124].)

（本文为国家社科基金一般项目“构建数字命运共同体的战略意蕴与实现路径”（23BKS124）阶段性成果）

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