The ceremony, which was part of the two countries' first joint inspection of boundary, gathered Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Hiem Phommachanh, deputy foreign minister of Laos.

With the two sides' joint efforts, China and Laos enjoy a generally explicit and stable border, and boast robust border cooperation, Liu said when addressing the ceremony.

During this inspection of China-Laos borderline, which lasts 505 kilometers, the two sides will check and confirm their borderline and renew the boundary markers.