CCC starts mission to expand cooperation with China

CCC starts mission to expand cooperation with China

China remains Cambodia’s largest foreign direct investment source and trading partner, with strong trade growth driven by economic cooperation and trade agreements.

A Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) delegation will conduct a trade mission in Beijing this week to participate in a series of meetings with members of the Chinese business community aimed at strengthening and expanding economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Kith Meng, CCC President and Chair of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Cambodia, will lead CCC delegation for the trade mission in China from June 25-27, 2026.

The mission, framed within the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the broader initiative to build a Cambodia–China Community with a shared future, will see delegation representatives engage with Chinese investors, industry associations and trade officials, CCC said in a statement yesterday.

Discussions are expected to focus on enhancing bilateral trade cooperation, identifying new investment opportunities, and promoting joint projects across key sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture and technology.

“The CCC delegation will participate in meetings with the Chinese business community to strengthen and expand economic, trade, and investment cooperation, in line with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework and the building of Cambodia-China Community with a shared future,” said the statement.

The meetings will also explore mechanisms to facilitate business matching, improve the investment climate for Cambodian and Chinese enterprises, and advance cooperation in skills development and technology transfer.

The trade mission will facilitate the operationalisation of the bilateral agreements between the two nations.

The CCC’s trade mission coincides the visit of Hun Sen, President of the Senate and President of the Cambodian People’s Party to China. Mr Hun Sen leads a high-level Cambodian delegation on an official friendship visit to China from June 25 to 27, 2026.

During the visit, he is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of China, according to an announcement.

Mr Hun Sen’s official friendship visit reflects the unwavering commitment of both Cambodia and China to further strengthening their longstanding ‘ironclad friendship’ and advancing cooperation under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with the shared goal of building a Cambodia-China all-weather community with a shared future in the new era, read the announcement.

China remains Cambodia’s largest foreign direct investment source and trading partner, with strong trade growth driven by economic cooperation and trade agreements.

Cambodia-China trade reached more than $9.39 billion during the first five months of 2026, a 22.9 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to a recent report from the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE).

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