The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday urged Chinese investors to expand their focus in the Kingdom, asking them to consider the high-potential sector of raw materials and semi-finished goods manufacturing.
Chea Vuthy, Secretary-General of the CDC Cambodia Investment Board, made these remarks during a meeting in Phnom Penh with a delegation led by Wang Yong, President of Top Brand Union, Founder of Baiyi Club and President of the China Brand Festival, an influential annual event in China to promote famous Chinese brands in various industries.
Cambodia has an Integrated Industrial Initiative aimed at capturing Chinese investment in industrial clusters that can ensure the supply chain, especially the production of raw materials and semi-finished products.
“The delegation can consider investing in the production of raw materials or semi-finished products in Cambodia, which currently has high potential,” Vuthy said.
Noting that the presence of famous Chinese brands is emerging popular in Cambodia, especially in the automotive and electronics sectors, he said the delegation will bring famous Chinese brands as well as encourage Chinese investors to invest in Cambodia.
The Secretary-General also briefed the delegation on the diplomatic and friendly relations between Cambodia and China, which are valued by leaders at all levels of the two countries.
In addition, he also highlighted the excellent investment environment in Cambodia, which is open and favourable, as reflected in the growth of investment. Meanwhile, the volume of Chinese investment has maintained its first place in the past decade.
Wang Yong noted that Cambodia has a fast-growing economy, political stability, and a favourable geographical location to attract investment, adding that Cambodia has good infrastructure and the investment environment is very favourable.
“The delegation members expressed their interest and asked questions related to investment in some sectors,” Wang said.
Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of $9.2 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 67 percent, according to a CDC report. China is still the top foreign investor in the Kingdom, accounting for 52.38 percent of the total investment amount.
Those investment projects had been mainly focused on the areas of garment and non-garment manufacturing industries, infrastructure, agriculture and agro-industry, and tourism, the report said.
