Proceedings of the Greater Mekong Subregion Urban Development and Planning Training Program

This report summarizes a 5-day training program on the PRC’s experience in urban development and planning, for the benefit of key officials of the six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)—Cambodia, the PRC, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The training program, which was held on 11–15 May 2015 in Tengchong, Yunnan Province, PRC, was jointly organized by ADB, and the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC. The city administration of Tengchong provided strong support. The training program addressed core issues of vital interest to all GMS countries. It is actually recognized, however, that these issues are not necessarily unique to GMS countries: in fact, they are relevant to most, if not all, developing countries in Asia.