（ December 20 , 2025 ） In order to deepen China-Cambodia financial and industrial cooperation and jointly promote regional economic prosperity, Cambodian Securities Plc., also invited H.E Dr. Heng Vuthy, President of the Chinese Investment in Cambodia Association (CICA) and Personal Advisor to Prime Minister Hun Manet, H.E SOU Socheat, Delegate Royal Government in charge as Director General of Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC). Together with a high-level delegation recently visited Shanghai, China, to carry out a series of fruitful exchanges. During the visit, two high-level forums were successfully held, and eight strategic cooperation agreements were signed, marking a new stage of practical cooperation between China and Cambodia in the field of “financial empowerment of industries.”
This delegation is strong , including H.E. Dr. Heng Vuthy, H.E. SOU Socheat, Mr. Darren Teng, Chairman of the Cambodian Securities Plc., H.E Thay Sokphalline, Director of the Securities Issuance Supervision Department of SERC, Ms. You Kanhary, Director of Listing and Disclosure Department of Cambodia Securities Exchange, Ms. Wang Fuyan, Head of Capital Market Development Department of the Cambodia Securities Plc., Mr. Ervin Tsay, Head of Brokerage Department of Cambodia Securities Plc. and other official from CSX.
Focusing on “financial empowerment,” more than 100 people participated, the forum received a warm response.
With the Cambodian Securities Plc. ‘s active promotion, from December 19 to 20, two Sino-Cambodian financial industry forums were held in Shanghai with the theme of “Financial Empowering Industry”. The forum aims to build a platform for high-level dialogue to explore how to promote Cambodia’s industrial upgrading and sustained economic growth through capital market linkages. It has attracted extensive participation from the financial and industrial sectors of China and Cambodia.
H.E. SOU Socheat, delivered a keynote speech at the forum. He said, although Cambodia’s capital market is a young market, However, it has built a complete basic ecosystem, with policy guidelines, a growing trading market, professional securities companies, accounting firms, law firms and other professional institutions, and is in the golden period of rapid growth, He warmly encouraged and welcomed global investors to actively place their exposure to the Cambodian capital market. At the same time, it is recommended that Chinese-funded enterprises planning to go to Cambodia should
include the future listing on the local capital market in their long-term development plans, share the dividends of Cambodia’s economic growth, and jointly cultivate a prosperous and dynamic capital market.
H.E Dr. Heng Vuthy, He pointed out that China-Cambodia friendship has a long history, and the relationship between the two countries was upgraded to an “all-weather community with a shared future in the new era” in 2025, which laid an unprecedented foundation of political mutual trust for economic, trade and investment cooperation between the countries. He further introduced that, the Cambodian government is vigorously promoting the development of a number of strategic industries, including the capital market and special economic zones, providing enterprises with attractive tax incentives and historic opportunities, and is an ideal destination for Chinese enterprises to invest overseas.
One of the core outcomes of this visit was the signing of eight strategic cooperation agreements between several important Chinese associations and institutions and their Cambodian partners, building a strong collaborative network to support Chinese enterprises investing in Cambodia.
At the signing ceremony, Mr. Shen Kun, Vice President of the China-Asia Economic Development Association, Ms. Gu Chunjuan, President of the China-Europe Association for Tecniacal And Economic Cooperation Financial Cooperation Working Committee, Mr. Sun Shan, Secretary General of the Shanghai Guild of Warehousing and Distribution, Mr. Yuan Jinhe, General Manager of the Yangtze River Delta NEV Global Hub, and other Chinese representatives signed cooperation agreements with H.E. Dr. Heng Vuthy, and Mr. Darren Teng.
Mr. Darren Teng, commented that the signing of the eight strategic agreements was a milestone. It marks that the industry associations and professional financial institutions of China and Cambodia will form a joint force to establish a normalized collaborative mechanism, providing market information, Policy consultation, industry docking, financial support, listing guidance and other full chain of strong guidance and support, effectively help enterprises achieve high-quality, sustainable development.
As one of the main drivers of Cambodia’s capital markets, the Cambodia Securities Corporation will fully support the industrial development.
The fruitful results of this visit to China, H.E SOU Socheat highly affirmed the Cambodian Securities Plc. and expressed great expectations for future cooperation. He hoped that all parties would use the agreement as a blueprint to transform the consensus reached at the forum into practical actions, and, with the joint efforts and close cooperation of all parties concerned, effectively address the practical challenges faced by enterprises when going overseas. To help more high-quality Chinese enterprises to settle down and grow in Cambodia smoothly and successfully, and truly realize the grand goal of “financial empowerment of industries”, inject new momentum into Cambodia’s economic development, and write a new chapter in the construction of a community of shared future for China and Cambodia.
The successful visit of the Cambodian high-level financial delegation to China not only strengthened the mutual understanding between the financial regulatory authorities and market entities of the two countries, but also signed a substantive cooperation agreement， The establishment of a solid platform for cooperation has laid a solid foundation for future in-depth cooperation between China and Cambodia in areas such as industrial investment and capital market connectivity, indicating that the economic and trade relations between the two countries will usher in a more close and fruitful future .
