Comrade Chea Xim met the Chinese comrades to butter them up

Cambodian Senate President meets Chinese delegation

Saturday, May 29, 2010
Xinhua

PHNOM PENH—Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim on Friday met with visiting delegation of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee headed by Zhao Qizheng.

Zhao, chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, and his delegation arrived here on Thursday night to pay a four-day friendly visit at the invitation of Cambodian Senate which is aimed to further strengthen the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

During the meeting, Chea Sim said that Cambodia and China enjoy a long history of friendship. He said in the past half-century, the bilateral relations between the two countries have been enhanced and deepened steadily, especially in recent years with the frequent high-level visits.

Chea Sim thanked Chinese government and people for their valuable support and selfless assistance to Cambodia, which he said have played a very important role in the maintenance of peace and stability in Cambodia and national economic and social development.

He said that Cambodia will continue to strengthen the friendly exchanges with Chinese Communist Party, government, parliament and the people in an effort to promote mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.

Meanwhile, Chea Sim reiterated that Cambodia will unswervingly pursue the one China policy, and will firmly support the Chinese government's stance on Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang. Moreover, in international affairs, Cambodia will stand with Chinese government and support each other to push the bilateral relations to a new high level, he added.

Zhao Qizheng highly commended Cambodia's political stability, social peace, and remarkable achievements made by the Royal Government in various fields. He expressed his belief that Cambodia will continue to accelerate the pace of national developments on its correct road. Zhao said that his visit to Cambodia is aimed to further promote the inter-parliamentary exchanges and cooperation and to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two countries.

He said that China hopes to continue to strengthen comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia, to further expand economic and trade exchanges and cooperation in order to achieve common development.

Sichuan Trade Mission Due Next Week

Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 12 May 2010

"If we receive investment from Sichuan, it will help push our economic growth through investment and trade exchange."

A Chinese delegation from the province of Sichuan will travel to Cambodia for the first time next week in search of investment options, on the heals of deepening ties between the two countries.

The delegation, led by Sun Yuan, president of the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, will meet with National Assembly President Heng Samrin, lawmakers and trade officials.

The five-day visit is a fact-finding mission for Sichuan business leaders, who hope to build ties, especially in the trade of commercial goods, said Korm Kosal, Heng Samrin’s cabinet chief.

Nguon Meng Tech, secretary-general of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce, said Cambodia has no Sichuan companies. However, he said, he hopes to convince investors on the visit to build agricultural businesses, expand tourism and bring construction and mining companies.

“If we receive investment from Sichuan, it will help push our economic growth through investment and trade exchange,” he said.

The visit comes follows an announcement last week that Cambodia will expand consular services to six cities in China and a $1.2 billion development pledge from Beijing in December 2009.

In October 2009, Prime Minister Hun Sen took more than 100 Cambodian companies to Sichuan province in an effort to woo investment.

Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yiep said Heng Samrin will explain to the delegation the investor-friendly laws of Cambodia, which include tax incentives, land concessions, zero import duties for construction materials and zero export tariffs on some products.

Economist Kong Chandararoth said the visit marked a “new step” in Chinese-Cambodian investment.

“Cambodia will be able to strengthen its economic growth if Sichuan comes to invest,” he said.

China's Ministry of Supervision delegation wraps up visit to Cambodia

March 31, 2007

The six-member delegation of Chinese Ministry of Supervision concluded Friday its five-day goodwill visit to Cambodia.

During the stay, the delegation paid a visit to Say Chhum, Secretary General of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), on Friday and held a meeting with Men Sam On, Cambodian Minister of Relations with Parliament and Inspection, on Tuesday.

During the meetings, Xia Zanzhong, delegation head and deputy secretary to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said that China and Cambodia are good friends and partners of mutual trust.

The Chinese-Cambodian ties will enjoy a long-term development in the new century, he said.

The current visit will promote both sides' inspection agencies to deepen their mutual understanding, expand their cooperation and enhance their friendship, he added.

Both Say Chhum and Men Sam On highly remarked the great achievements scored by CPC and the Chinese government in the course of reform, opening up, promoting harmonized development of the society and the economy.

They expressed the intention to further strengthen and deepen the exchange and cooperation between both sides, including those in the fields of anti-corruption and inspection, and pledged to push the bilateral ties up to a new height.

Source: Xinhua