Cambodian PM meets Chinese provincial official to boost ties

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen receives here on Aug. 15 visiting Mr. Sun Jinlong, Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Anhui Provincial Committee. Photo: Peou Kim Chan Rath  

Xinhua | 16th August, 2012

By Agencies 

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday met Sun Jinlong, the deputy secretary of Anhui's provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, expressing Cambodia's willingness to work with the central China' province in promoting trade and investment.

During their meet, Sun spoke highly of Cambodia's fast economic development under the 27-year leadership of Hun Sen.

Also, he dedicated his maiden visit to this kingdom to the strengthening and expansion of friendship and cooperation between China's Anhui province and Cambodia.Moreover, he hopes to seek potential possibilities for his province to invest in Cambodia in all domains.

Introducing his province, Sun said Anhui is both an agricultural and industrial province with over 100 universities located in, guaranteeing intellectual support in all dimensions.

Meanwhile, he also invited the premier to visit Anhui province at his convenience.

Hun Sen said that Cambodia would be pleased to see more Chinese investors from Anhui doing business in Cambodia in order to boost the bilateral trade volume to $5 billion in 2017.

He said that the Government of China has provided tax exemption for 418 items of Cambodia's products to its market, so this could be a good opportunity for Chinese investors to put their ventures here and produce any types of duty-free products to export to China.

The premier also accepted the invitation to visit Anhui and asked Chinese ambassador to Cambodia to arrange his visit to Anhui province when he visits China.