PHNOM PENH — With support from the Cambodia office of the China Foundation for Peace and Development, and in cooperation with the Secondary School of Fine Arts under the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, the Cambodia–China development research association held a lecture on the Chinese Mid-Autumn moon-worship festival on the morning of September 30, 2025. An under-secretary of state at the culture ministry presided.
Association President Dr ជា មុនីឫទ្ធិ told 120 participants from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, the Office of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the Royal University of Phnom Penh that Mid-Autumn was the Chinese people’s second major festival after the Spring Festival. Sharing mooncakes and admiring the moon and lanterns promoted family reunion, exchanges of development experience, friendship, fraternity and mutual loyalty between peoples. He said the lecture was also an important platform for connecting human resources in the heritage sectors of Cambodia and China.
Wang Yahui, head of the foundation’s Cambodia office, expressed support for and satisfaction with Cambodia–China relations. She said the event would help the two peoples understand one another more deeply, particularly through learning about the Mid-Autumn festival.
Chinese Embassy Counsellor ចាង អ៊ីជី said the event helped strengthen Cambodia–China friendship, with both countries possessing rich cultures.
គឹម ពីនន់, under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, said the festival event coincided with the Chinese people’s celebration of 76 years of major achievements under the Communist Party of China’s development-oriented leadership. He said the programme also broadened understanding of the Global Civilization Initiative, which many countries had been implementing with China over the previous two years to strengthen efforts towards a community with a shared future for humanity. He praised China’s cultural contributions, especially the restoration of temples at Angkor.
ហេង កំសាន្ត, director of the Secondary School of Fine Arts, said the event brought positive momentum to the links between the two civilisations and to people-to-people ties spanning more than 2,000 years. He praised the foundation for continually building bridges towards an all-weather Cambodia–China community with a shared future in the new era and helping attract more Chinese visitors to Cambodia.
Source: Club of Cambodian Journalists
Edited by ចិន្តា ទីទិ
