"Over 100 officials and scholars from India, Burma, China and Bangladesh have called, in an international conference held in Kunming on August 15-17, 1999, for forging a long-term relation of friendship and joint efforts to accelerate economic development in the region. The main topics discussed on the conference included: 1. Practical and strategically significance for the regional cooperation among China, India, Bangladesh and Burma; 2. Feasibility of cooperation in the economic, trade and technological cooperation among China (Yunnan), India, Bangladesh and Burma (including industry, agriculture, tourism and finance); 3. Study on the construction of communication channels and networks among China, India, Bangladesh and Burma (including the opening and reconstructing roads, air lines, water routes and railways); 4. Prospect and basis for the economic cooperation among China, India, Bangladesh and Burma; 5. Open-door policies and trade and investment environment for China, India, Bangladesh and Burma; 6. Construct the framework for regional cooperation in China, India, Bangladesh and Burma..."