... conducting the study trip to China The information to be obtained includes rubber production information in the border areas in China, rubber trading and marketing in the Lao- Chinese border, and ... While rubber cultivation is expanding rapidly in Lao PDR, the Government and different international organisations, including institutional arrangements, planning, policy, regulation and the information, ... and largely uncontrolled expansion of rubber cultivation It is clear that growth in China’s demand for rubber is influencing the Chinese investment in rubber planting in northern of the Lao PDR...