The Chinese Media Delegation Interviewed Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia

On 28 June 2016, the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) led the Chinese media delegation to conduct an interview with Counsellor Tan Qingsheng of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia in Phnom Penh. 

Counsellor Tan briefed on the development of China-Cambodia relations, noting that Cambodia, as an important ASEAN member country, had witnessed a 7.7% annual growth in GDP on average for the past twenty years in succession. The bilateral ties between China and Cambodia were at their best in history, as attested by the leading role of deep mutual trust in politics and close contacts between the leaders of the two countries. Both sides had given full play to the mechanism of the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee between the two countries to cultivate rich fruits in trade, investment, connectivity, agriculture, people-to-people exchange and tourism, as evidenced by the successful cooperation in Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone. China, the largest foreign investor in Cambodia, extended its due support and aid to the economic development of Cambodia. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, a newly established platform, had further added to the contents of China-Cambodia relations. He believed that the joint efforts of the two countries would further push China-Cambodia relations to forge ahead and  benefit the people of  both countries.

Counsellor Tan also answered questions raised by the reporters on Cambodia-China trade, the participation in the infrastructure construction of Cambodia by Chinese enterprises, and the facilitation provided by the Chinese Embassy to Chinese investors.

H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ACC, attended the activity and took the opportunity to interact with the journalists and briefed on ASEAN-China relations, the mandates of ACC and its recent work and achievements.