In the warm breeze of the Phnom Penh Palace, a political and business dialogue that spans mountains and seas quietly heats up. The Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia sat side by side with the Chinese Ambassador, listening to the voices of Chinese funded enterprises face to face. From eliminating electronic fraud to organizing investment groups to China, China Cambodia economic and trade cooperation is shedding its superficiality and moving towards a new stage of pragmatic and deep cultivation.

On September 3, 2026, the second China Cambodia Government Private Sector Dialogue Conference was held in Phnom Penh, co chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Zhantuo and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wenbin. At the meeting, the Cambodian side promised to continuously optimize the business environment for Chinese investment in Cambodia and announced two major measures, the Anti Fraud Summit and the China Investment Promotion, to release clear signals of positive bilateral economic and trade.

Smooth communication between government and enterprises

This meeting continues the achievements of the first dialogue and establishes a normalized bilateral government enterprise docking mechanism through four major links: reviewing implementation matters, discussing investment policies, receiving enterprise demands, and clarifying cooperation directions. Previously, Cambodia had held an investor open day to collect face-to-face information on the operational challenges faced by Chinese enterprises in various fields. This high-level dialogue has elevated the demands of enterprises to the national level, and the Cambodian side has clearly stated that it will resolve operational bottlenecks item by item to effectively safeguard the development rights and interests of Chinese funded enterprises.

Two major measures for implementation

The business environment continues to improve. Cambodia has completely eliminated large-scale fraud zones and will hold an international anti fraud summit in late September to consolidate the achievements of security governance, reshape a safe and stable investment environment, and significantly reduce the long-term operational risks of foreign investment.

Precise investment promotion and proactive breakthrough. The Cambodian side will form a delegation to Xiamen and Shenzhen to carry out special investment promotion, connect with high-quality manufacturing, new energy, logistics and other industrial resources along the coast, fill the gaps in local manufacturing industry, and provide an official docking window and first-hand policy information for enterprises intending to go abroad.

Consolidate the foundation of cooperation

The China Cambodia government enterprise dialogue mechanism has become an important strategic platform for bilateral economic and trade cooperation in the new era. Both sides will continue to rely on normalized communication, optimize the business ecosystem, and expand two-way investment. The current investment strategy in Cambodia is shifting from quantity to quality, focusing on high-quality physical industries and high value-added projects, and investment certainty continues to increase.

Relying on the Diamond Six sided Cooperation Framework, China Cambodia economic and trade cooperation has steadily increased. For overseas Chinese businessmen, existing enterprises can rely on official channels to provide compliance feedback and standardize operations; The entity enterprises in the Greater Bay Area can seize the window period for investment promotion in China and conduct research and layout in advance. Keywords: China Cambodia dialogue, two-way investment, industrial quality improvement

With the continuous upgrading of security environment and government services, Cambodia has become a high-quality destination for Southeast Asia to go abroad, and enterprises can carefully adjust and steadily land. This China Cambodia government enterprise dialogue is not only a platform for problem coordination, but also a good release of sincere investment. It will continue to promote the industrial docking and deep integration of economy and trade between the two countries. It is also an important manifestation of the deepening and practical cooperation between China and Cambodia under the framework of the joint construction of the the Belt and Road.Editor/Gong Ziwei