Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi attends the first Lancang-Mekong River Dialogue and Cooperation Senior Officials' Meeting held in Beijing on April 6, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]

The Chinese government says it will work to enhance cooperation with the five countries along the Lancang-Mekong River for the implementation of the "One Belt and One Road" initiative.

China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam have also vowed to build a community of shared destiny between them.

This promise came during the first Lancang-Mekong River Dialogue and Cooperation Senior Officials' Meeting held in Beijing on April 6.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, says the community strategy will offer a very important platform for China and the five countries in the construction of the China-proposed initiative.

"It's best advantage is that it can help countries in the Indo-China Peninsula develop fast, which will also be good for ASEAN's development. Actually the area is included in the 'One Belt and One Road', and this mechanism is one part of the combination of 'One Belt and One Road' and local development strategies."

The meeting also decided that the first foreign ministers' meeting between China and the five countries will be held in Beijing this year.

The Lancang-Mekong river passes through China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, covering a population of more than 320 million people.

In 2013, the trade volume between the six countries exceeded 150 billion U.S. dollars.