BEIJING - The Kunming-Bangkok Highway has every prospect of becoming a "golden channel" connecting China and Southeast Asia with annual trade increasing by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years, said an official in the capital of southwestern China's Yunnan province.

Talking about the 1,807-km road, Zhu Xiaoyang, director-general of the port office of Yunnan province, sees a promising future.

"The road has its problems, but they can be solved," said Zhu, who is also deputy director-general of the province's Department of Commerce.