Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister bla sokhon jointly signed the 2022 Lancang Mekong cooperation special fund Cambodia project agreement in Phnom Penh on the 13th. Wangwentian said in his speech that Lancang Mekong cooperation has played an important role in boosting regional economic development and brought tangible benefits to the people of the region. Cambodia has always been a major participant and promoter of Lancang Mekong cooperation. He said that Cambodia has participated in 80 Lancang Mekong cooperation special fund projects, covering education, health, agriculture, poverty alleviation, environmental protection and other fields. The Chinese side is willing to focus on Cambodia's concerns, carry out docking cooperation with Cambodia, jointly promote regional and global security and development, promote economic recovery, and make due contributions to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. Blasokhon highly appreciated China's support and assistance to Cambodia and said that since the launch of the Lancang Mekong cooperation in 2016, tangible results have been achieved in promoting the economic and social development of coastal countries, narrowing the development gap and improving people's living standards. Under the Lancang Mekong cooperation framework, Cambodia has benefited from 80 specific projects and played an important role in enhancing the resilience of economic development in Cambodia and the subregion and improving people's livelihood. Blasokun pointed out that in the face of the challenge of the COVID-19, the unity and cooperation of countries in the subregion have strengthened their confidence in multilateral cooperation with development as its essence. Cambodia will continue to work with China and other sub regional countries to promote Lancang Mekong cooperation to a higher level. (Xinhua News Agency)