The Phnom Penh Dialogue between Chinese and Cambodian experts and scholars helped build a community with a shared future between China and Cambodia in the new era

【ASEAN Line】Chinese and Cambodian experts and scholars Phnom Penh dialogue to help build a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era

Phnom Penh, May 5 (ZXS) -- To celebrate the 26th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia, the China-Cambodia Friendship Year and the 65 China-Cambodia Friendly Relations Seminar was held at the Royal Cambodian Academy of Sciences on May 2023. The seminar focused on the two topics of "China-Cambodia Social and Economic Relations" and "China-Cambodia People-to-People Exchanges", and experts and scholars from universities and research institutions in China and Cambodia enhanced interaction and communication through sharing and dialogue.

Eisenwo, Chairman of the Cambodia-China Friendship Association, said in his speech that Cambodia hosted the 32nd Southeast Asian Games and the 12th ASEAN Para Games for the first time this year, and Cambodia's economic and social development achievements have attracted the admiration of the world, and these achievements are inseparable from the strong support of the Chinese government and people. He pointed out that Cambodia and China will work together to build a community with a shared future in the new era, which will bring more benefits to the Cambodian people.

Song Du, president of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Cambodia, pointed out that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, Cambodian-Chinese relations have been increasingly rejuvenated. The "Diamond Six-Side" cooperation framework that Cambodia and China have worked hard to build has pointed out a new direction for cooperation between the two countries in various fields such as Chinese and education.

Wu Chuanbing, counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, said that over the past 65 years, China and Cambodia have always helped each other and jointly coped with various difficulties and challenges, and the "iron-core" friendship tempered by the epidemic has been further sublimated. Looking forward to the future, the two countries will start from the six major fields of politics, production capacity, agriculture, energy, security and humanities, and build a "diamond six-sided" cooperation framework, which will certainly inject strong impetus into the construction of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, give new connotation to the "ironcore" friendship between China and Cambodia, and better benefit the two countries and peoples.

Chen Xiaolin, President of Jiujiang University, said that in recent years, Jiujiang University has continued to deepen foreign cooperation and exchanges, and the Confucius Institute built in cooperation with the Royal Academy of Sciences has achieved remarkable results; The Cambodian Research Center specially established by Jiujiang University has also played an important role in enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples. It is believed that with the efforts of all parties, the relations between China and Cambodia will be friendly and enduring.

Zhao Lingshan, Vice Chairman of China International Chinese Education Foundation, spoke highly of the achievements of the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Sciences in carrying out Chinese teaching and promoting cultural exchanges between the two countries. He said that the China International Chinese Education Foundation is willing to continue to support the sustainable and high-quality development of the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Sciences and contribute to deepening the understanding and friendship between the Chinese and Cambodian peoples.

Hosted by the Royal Academy of Sciences of Cambodia and Jiujiang College, and organized by the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Cambodia, the seminar aims to take the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia and the Year of China-Cambodia Friendship as an opportunity to discuss how to build a high-quality, high-level and high-standard China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, so that the "iron" friendship between China and Cambodia can be passed on from generation to generation. Wang Feng, Chinese President of the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Cambodia, and Chen Tongchong, President of the Cambodian Academy, attended the seminar. (End)