The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program was established in 1996 by the Asian Development Bank and upgraded to ministerial level in 2002. It has grown into a major mechanism for economic cooperation in Central Asia, with an institutional framework of the Ministerial Conference, the Senior Officials Meeting, coordinating committees in priority areas, and regional business roundtables.

中亞區域經濟合作于1996年由亞洲開發銀行發起成立，2002年提升為部長級合作，已建立起以部長會議、高官會議、行業協調委員會和區域工商圓桌會議為主的合作協調機制，是中亞區域重要的經濟合作機制之一。

CAREC envisions accelerated growth and poverty reduction through cooperation among member countries in transport, trade, energy and other key sectors.

其宗旨是以合作謀發展，通過促進交通運輸、貿易、能源和其他重要領域的區域合作，促進成員國經濟社會發展，減少貧困。

CAREC countries include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

現有成員包括中國、阿富汗、阿塞拜疆、巴基斯坦、蒙古國、哈薩克斯坦、吉爾吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、土庫曼斯坦、烏茲別克斯坦和2016年最新加入的格魯吉亞。

The Asian Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Programme, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Islamic Development Bank, and some bilateral assistance organizations in developed countries have supported projects as partners under the CAREC program.

亞洲開發銀行、世界銀行、國際貨幣基金組織、聯合國開發計劃署、歐洲復興開發銀行、伊斯蘭開發銀行等6個國際組織，以及一些發達國家的雙邊援助機構作為發展伙伴也參與了該框架下的合作。