On April 22, 2024 local time, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, co-chaired the seventh meeting of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanto in Phnom Penh. Wang Yi said that China and Cambodia are iron-clad friends who help each other and share weal and grass. The friendship between China and Cambodia was personally created by the leaders of the older generation of the two countries, conforms to the interests of the two peoples, conforms to the development trend of the times, and has strong vitality and broad development prospects. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and Cambodian leaders, the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future has always been at the forefront of the times and has become a model for building a new type of international relations. We should take the implementation of the new action plan for building a bilateral community with a shared future as the main line, carry forward traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen comprehensive cooperation, enrich the connotation of the China-Cambodia "diamond six-sided" framework, promote the construction of the "Industrial Development Corridor" and the "Fish and Rice Corridor", and jointly build a high-quality, high-level and high-standard China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, so as to inject new impetus into the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and set an example and example. Wang Yi said that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the first year of the new Cambodian government's comprehensive governance. China is focusing on the important focus of new quality productivity and cultivating new momentum for high-quality development. As a large country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, China has entered modernization as a whole and is larger than the existing developed countries combined, which will bring new opportunities to countries around the world, including Cambodia, and provide a new path for countries that want to maintain their independence and accelerate their development. We are ready to work with Cambodia to actively promote an equal, orderly and multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization, and make positive contributions to the development and progress of all mankind. Sun Zhantuo congratulated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, spoke highly of China's great achievements in the new era in the past 10 years, and said that Chinese-style modernization has provided a new choice for the modernization of all countries and brought new hope for solving the problems of all mankind. Under the wise leadership of President Xi Jinping, China will surely build itself into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This meeting is the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee held after the establishment of the new Cambodian government, and the first meeting held after Cambodia and China formulated a new action plan for building a bilateral community with a shared future, which is of great significance. China's investment in Cambodia has continued to grow, trade between the two countries has continued to expand, cooperation in various fields has progressed smoothly, and the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development Initiative have provided a strong boost to Cambodia's economic and social development. Cambodia is firmly committed to friendly cooperation with China. We stand ready to work with China to implement the action plan and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation for the benefit of the two peoples.
The two sides agreed to give full play to the overall coordinating role of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee and continue to promote the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era with high quality, high level and high standards. China reiterates its support for Cambodia in choosing a development path suited to its national conditions, in safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and development interests, and in resolutely opposing interference in Cambodia's internal affairs by external forces. The Cambodian side reaffirmed its adherence to the one-China policy and its recognition of Taiwan as an inalienable part of China's territory. The Cambodian side opposes any attempt to use the Taiwan issue to interfere in China's internal affairs, opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," and firmly supports all efforts made by the Chinese Government to realize national reunification. The two sides agreed to intensify high-level exchanges and deepen the exchange of experience in governance. We will strengthen defense cooperation, continue to conduct joint exercises and training, promote cooperation in medical and health services, personnel training, and mine clearance, and jointly crack down on transnational crimes such as online gambling, wire fraud, and drug trafficking. The two sides agreed to promote the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and Cambodia's Pentagon Strategy, formulate a cooperation plan for the Industrial Development Corridor as soon as possible, promote the preliminary design of the China-Cambodia Railway, promote the implementation of more early harvest projects of the Fish and Rice Corridor such as the China Agricultural Demonstration Center, and deepen the China-Cambodia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. We will implement the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement with high quality, support the export of high-quality Cambodian agricultural products to China, and encourage more Chinese-funded enterprises to invest in Cambodia. The two sides agreed to take the "China-Cambodia Year of People-to-People Exchanges" as an opportunity to encourage tourism exchanges between the two countries, increase flights between the two countries, support Cambodia in exploring tourism and cultural resources, and carry out more practical exchanges between youth, local governments and friendly organizations. The Cambodian side will provide support for the resumption of operations of the Chinese Cultural Center in Cambodia. The two sides reaffirmed their willingness to actively cooperate within the framework of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, and continue to strengthen coordination and cooperation in platforms such as the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation and China-ASEAN Cooperation. Both sides believe that it is in the common interests of countries in the region to maintain the hard-won peace and stability in the region and promote regional development and prosperity. The two sides stressed that they will fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, advance negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, and strive to reach the Code at an early date. After the meeting, Wang Yi and Sun Zhantuo witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of infrastructure, agricultural planning, inspection and quarantine, and attended the release of the Cambodian version of "The Tale of the Wind and Soil of Chenla" and the ceremony of exporting Cambodian coconuts to China. On the same day, Wang Yi also met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Senate Chairman Hun Sen.