IN THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 4, 2023, THE CAMBODIAN INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATION AND PEACE HAS HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO RECEIVE THE VISIT OF A DELEGATION FROM OUR CHINESE PARTNER, THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (CPIFA), LED BY ITS NEW PRESIDENT, HIS EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR LI JIE. IN ADDITION TO AMB. LI HIMSELF, THE DELEGATION COMPRISED DR. XU LIPING, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES 7 CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL SYRATEGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES; DR. XU XIAODONG, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL CHINESE AND AREA STUDIES AT HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY, AND ADJUNCT RESEARCHER AT HUAYANG OCEAN RESEARCH CENTER; AND MS. ZHANG XIAOLEI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN, AFRICAN AND LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, CPIFA.
ON HAND TO WELCOME THE PARTNER DELEGATION WERE MR. HUY KANTHOUL VORA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CICP; PROFESSOR KEVIN NAUEN, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PANNASASTRA UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA, ALSO A CICP PARTNER INSTITUTION; A NUMBER OF CICP SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS; SOME CICP RESEARCH FELLOWS AS WELL AS TWENTY OR SO STUDENTS OF PANNASASTRA UNVERSIYY OF CAMBODIA.
FOLLOWING THE VISIT, AMBASSADOR LI JIE HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE HIS THOUGHTS ON THE TOPIC OF “CHINESE MODERNIZATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CAMBODIA” AS FOLLOWS:
