on december 19, a group of 20 entrepreneurs from donggang chamber of commerce, led by zhou mingjiang, president of wuxi donggang chamber of commerce and chairman of south hodo visited sihanouk special economic zone, and had discussions and exchanges with chen jiangang, chairman of xigang special economic zone, dai yuee, vice chairman and cao jianjiang, general manager, we listened to cao jianjiang's briefing on the construction of sihanouk port special economic zone and its investment advantages.
cao jianjiang extended a warm welcome to the visit of his hometown enterprises. he introduced that the outstanding investment advantages of sihanouk port special economic zone lie in its superior geographical location, good investment policies, "one-stop" services and the support of the chinese and cambodian governments. cao jianjiang said that after nearly nine years of construction, sihanouk port special economic zone has initially formed the scale of international industrial park. in the next step, the company will focus on three aspects: first, accelerate the construction of urban supporting functional areas, including commercial areas, residential areas, schools and hospitals, and strive to provide perfect living supporting services for employees in the area; second, focus on introducing large projects and projects with strong driving force, improve the industrial chain and form industrial agglomeration; third, continue to build a good platform to help enterprises better "come out". cao jianjiang said with confidence that we should strive to build sihanouk port special economic zone into a popular project and model park on the "belt and road" and a bright pearl on the "belt and road".
chen jiangang further introduced the investment advantages of sihanouk port special economic zone. he said that the important thing for enterprises to "come out" is asset safety and personal safety. the political situation in cambodia is stable, and china and cambodia are friendly from generation to generation. in particular, china's president xi jinping visited kampuchea this year, pushing sino cambodian friendship to a new height. the bilateral economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges and cooperation have been further strengthened. in addition, cambodia has simple folk customs, people believe in buddhism, mild personality, and the two countries are culturally interlinked and can get along well with each other. chen jiangang said that cambodia is one of the asean countries with a huge demographic dividend and has not suffered from developed trade barriers such as europe and the united states. in terms of development prospects and potential, cambodia's economy is growing at an annual rate of 7%, and the development trend is very good. he very much welcomed the entrepreneurs of donggang chamber of commerce to visit and invest in the special zone.
zhou mingjiang praised the construction achievements of sihanouk port special economic zone in the past nine years. he believed that the current achievements of the special economic zone could not be achieved without the efforts and hardships of all builders, and the development achievements were hard won. one belt, one road, china's strategy of building the special economic zone of zhou mingjiang, was built earlier than china's "one belt and one way" strategy. it has set up a good investment platform for the development of enterprises' "coming out" and has played an important role in driving the transfer of china's superior capacity, said mr. zhou mingjiang. in the process of development, sihanouk port special economic zone has received strong support from chinese and cambodian leaders and government departments at all levels, which has also become an important reason to attract many enterprises to invest. he said that enterprises "come out" are very concerned about the investment cost and market, but sihanouk port special economic zone has the advantages of low investment cost and broad market, which is more favored by enterprises. he hoped that the entrepreneurs of donggang chamber of commerce would gain something from the investigation and actively connect and exchange with sihanouk port special economic zone.