老挝金三角经济特区（以下简称特区）位于老挝波乔省西北部，地处老挝、泰国、缅甸三国交界处，东依金龙山,西南毗临泰国清莱府，西北与缅甸大其力隔湄公河相望，地理位置特殊，区位优势明显。

2007年老挝中央政府与金木棉集团有限公司签订开发合同，共同规划建设“金三角东盟经济旅游区”。2010年，在老挝革新开放政策的推动下，时任老挝总理波松·布帕万签署了《关于在老挝人民民主共和国波乔省敦蓬县设立金三角经济特区的活动和管理的第 090 号总理政令》，正式批准成立国家级的金三角经济特区，首期期限99 年，同时根据“小政府、大社会”的机制设立金三角经济特区管理委员会，并授权其实行对金三角经济特区自主的经济开发权和行政管理权。

金三角经济特区总开发面积为100平方公里，其中包含核心发展区30平方公里和自然森林保护区70平方公里。

Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ) located in the northwest of the Bokeo Province at the junction of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, with Jin Long Shan on the east, Chiang Rai (Thailand) on the southwest, Tachileik (Myanmar) on the northwest across the Mekong River, the GTSEZ is at great geo-advantage. In 2007, the Lao government signed a contract with Kings Romans International (Hongkong) Co., Limited to jointly develop the “ASEAN Economic and Tourism Areas” at Golden Triangle. In 2010, Prime Minister Mr. Bouasone Bouphavanh signed Prime Minister Decree No. 090 to establish the GTSEZ’s activities and management in Tonpheung District, Bokeo Province, signifying the start of the 99-year first phase of the GTSEZ development. At the same time, guided by the “Smaller Administration Unit-Wider Society” principle, the GTSEZ Administration Board was formed and commissioned with the rights of the economic development and public administration of the GTSEZ.


GTSEZ covers an area of 100 square kilometers, with 30 square kilometers of development zone and 70 square kilometers of natural forest conservation zone.