Chinese, Cambodian lawmakers share views

Young lawmakers from China and Cambodia exchanged views via video link on Monday to deepen mutual understanding and bring new energy to bilateral relations and cooperation between their legislative bodies.

Describing the two countries as ironclad friends and a community with a shared future, Wang Hongyan, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, called for giving full play to the role of legislators in carrying forward the traditional friendship between the two sides, promoting mutually beneficial cooperation and helping to boost the development of bilateral ties.

Hun Many, chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly's Commission for Education, Youth, Religious Affairs, Culture and Tourism, said the online activity would benefit the people of the two nations and enhance exchanges and cooperation between the legislative bodies.

Legislators from the two sides shared ideas and suggestions on topics such as increasing cooperation and bilateral relations amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, alleviating economic and social impacts caused by the pandemic and helping strengthen the building of rule of law. It was the first exchange via video link between young legislators from the two countries since the pandemic began in late 2019.