On September 26, 2025, Hun Sen, acting head of state of the Kingdom of Cambodia, attended a reception marking the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel. Chinese Ambassador Wang Wenbin, members of Cambodia’s Senate, National Assembly and Government, representatives of friendly countries’ diplomatic missions and other Cambodian and international guests attended.
Wang Wenbin warmly welcomed acting head of state Hun Sen and the other guests, and extended greetings to Chinese nationals and Cambodians of Chinese descent working and living in Cambodia. He said this was an important year for the development of China and humanity, for improving global governance and working towards a community with a shared future, and in the history of China–Cambodia relations.
He recalled that Chinese President Xi Jinping had made another state visit to Cambodia after nine years, taking bilateral relations to a new level through an all-weather China–Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era. King Norodom Sihamoni had also visited China, while Prime Minister Hun Manet had made successive visits.
Hun Sen said China had achieved major progress in every field over 76 years and successfully overcome obstacles and challenges in nation-building. It had become a global centre of economics, trade, investment, finance, production, industry, science and innovation, contributing substantially to regional and world growth. He congratulated China on rapid development under the Communist Party of China with President Xi Jinping at its core, including achieving the first centenary goal in 2021 and five percent economic growth in 2024. He expressed optimism about strong growth in 2025 and achievement of the second centenary goal in 2049 to become a prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious modern socialist country.
Hun Sen said friendship had grown steadily since diplomatic relations were established in 1958, nurtured by successive generations of leaders, and had developed into a comprehensive strategic partnership and ironclad friendship. He welcomed the two countries’ close and fruitful cooperation across all fields as a reflection of traditional solidarity and win-win cooperation.
Edited by ចិន្តា ទីទិ
