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　　Sareth Sreypich, a 29-year-old supervisor at the toll stations, said the project has played an important role in enhancing the efficiency of travels and logistics system in the Southeast Asian nation.

　　"Previously, when we traveled on National Road 4, it took up to five hours, but now, traveling on the expressway, it takes two hours only," she said, bubbling with excitement.

　　Meanwhile, the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone jointly developed by China and Cambodia has attracted more than 170 companies from around the world, creating nearly 30,000 job opportunities for local people.

　　Bilateral cooperation on economy and trade has also borne fruit. China has been Cambodia's largest trading partner for 11 consecutive years, and Chinese enterprises had invested more than 10 billion dollars in Cambodia by the end of 2022. And as Penn Sovicheat, undersecretary of state and spokesman for Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce, said, the coming out of the RCEP and the CCFTA has further deepened such practical cooperation.

　　Mak Chamroeun, chairman of e-commerce platform AgriBee (Cambodia), said the RCEP and the CCFTA would give a big boost to the bilateral trade and investment ties, expressing confidence that more Cambodian products, especially agricultural ones, would be exported to China.

　　"Both the RCEP and the CCFTA will provide tremendous opportunities for Cambodian farmers, producers, processors, traders and exporters," he said, adding that he believed more Chinese investors will flow into Cambodia's technology, digital economy and agricultural processing sectors.

　　Air China flight CA745, carrying some 125 Chinese tourists, arrives at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 7, 2023.(Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

　　HELPFUL DEEDS, INSPIRING VISIONS

　　On Tuesday, Air China flight CA745, carrying some 125 Chinese tourists, arrived at the Phnom Penh International Airport from Beijing and received a water cannon salute and warm welcome from Cambodia's Tourism Minister Thong Khon.

　　Noting that the Southeast Asian nation is projected to attract at least one million Chinese tourists in 2023, up from 110,000 in 2022, the Cambodian minister said, "China is the most important outbound tourism market for the world, so China's resumption of outbound tourism is very beneficial not only to Cambodia, but also to the whole world."

　　The importance Cambodia sees in China goes beyond the tourism sector. For years, the two countries have jointly carried out the conservation-restoration of cultural heritage, with the famed Angkor Archaeological Park as a fine example.

　　Covering an area of 401 square km, the Angkor site consists scores of key temples revealing a historical picture of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the ninth to the 15th century, some of which, including the Chau Say Tevoda temple, the Ta Keo temple and the Phimeanakas temple, China has helped restored since 1997.

　　"The contribution of the Chinese team to the conservation and restoration of Angkor park is very historical. It's very substantial," said Long Kosal, deputy director-general of the Apsara National Authority, a government agency responsible for managing, safeguarding and preserving the site.

　　What China has done for Cambodia is not the only thing Cambodians deem helpful. In the eyes of Chea Munyrith, president of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association, China's governance philosophy and experience have also meant a lot to Cambodia's development.

　　Learning from China's practices in poverty alleviation and taking into consideration Cambodia's actual situation, the Southeast Asian nation carried out a poverty alleviation project in January 2021, which has changed the life of millions of Cambodians.

　　"Cambodia hopes to avail of China's newly allocated resources for global development cooperation, at a time when it needs all the help it can get to tackle these pressing global issues, like COVID-19 response and vaccines, poverty alleviation, food security, climate change and green development," said Sok Siphana, the Cambodian government's senior advisor. ■