老挝是内陆国，交通基础设施的发展对国家经济社会发展至关重要。自1975年独立以来，老挝政府高度重视基础设施的发展，特别是在交通基础设施建设方面，提出了“变陆锁国为陆联国”的国家发展战略，在加强区域互联互通方面投入了大量资金。为推动向“陆联国”的转变，老挝依托大湄公河次区域经济合作和“一带一路”倡议等合作框架着力加强基础设施建设，积极参与国际合作。在世界银行、亚洲开发银行、亚洲基础设施投资银行和日本国际协力机构等国际组织，以及中国、日本、澳大利亚、泰国、越南等国的援助支持下，老挝逐步提升交通基础设施的健全度和通达度。随着中老经济走廊的稳步推进，中老铁路等重大基础设施项目的建成，老挝“陆联国”的战略构想正成为现实。
As a landlocked country，the development of transportation infrastructure is crucial to Laos economic and social development. Since its independence in 1975，the Lao government has attached great importance to the development of infrastructure，especially transportation infrastructure，put forward a national development strategy of transforming from a “land-locked country” to a “land-linked country”，and invested a great amount of money in strengthening regional connectivity. In order to promote the transformation of a “land-linked country”，Laos has focused on infrastructure construction and actively participated in international cooperation by relying on cooperation frameworks such as the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Economic cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative. With assistance from international organizations such as the World Bank，the Asian Development Bank，the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank，and the Japan International Cooperation Agency，as well as from China，Japan，Australia，Thailand，Vietnam and other countries，Laos is gradually improving the quality and accessibility of its transport infrastructure. With the steady progress of the China-Laos Economic Corridor and the completion of major infrastructure projects such as the China-Laos Railway，the strategic vision of Laos as a land-linked country is becoming a reality.
