On August 18, National Assembly Second Vice-President Vong Soth received a delegation at the National Assembly palace headed by Hu Rongen, a Shanghai University professor and director of its Maritime Silk Road law institute.
The sides discussed cooperation in law and investment and ways to deepen exchanges between Cambodia and China.
Vong Soth asked the institute’s director for technical and legal-procedure assistance to make investment and trade between the two countries easier and more effective.
Vong Soth described China as Cambodia’s largest investor. He noted the 2025 Cambodia–China Tourism Year and linked existing cooperation to the two countries’ shared-future agenda.
Vong Soth outlined Cambodia’s economic circumstances and called attention to opportunities in agriculture for Chinese investors.
He attributed progress in Cambodian agriculture to Chinese support in technology and market access and said the bilateral free trade agreement, in force since 2022, had brought growing benefits to both countries.
Hu Rongen said this was his first working visit to Cambodia and that he loved the country like a second home.
Hu Rongen said he had founded the institute to train legal professionals and develop legal safeguards for investors under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Hu Rongen said he would relay Vong Soth’s requests and suggestions to Chinese investors and work with the China Foundation for Peace and Development in Cambodia, Cambodia–China researchers and other Cambodian institutions to strengthen economic, trade and investment cooperation, particularly legal procedures.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television, by ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
