In Balibu District, about 30 kilometers west of the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnyang in central Cambodia, villagers used to experience severe water shortages during the dry season. However, this situation no longer exists after the Chinese-aided water supply project was launched. The Chinese government helped the local area build 15 deep-water wells and 3 community ponds.

49-year-old villager Minsohn said that in the dry season, villagers had to go to a pond two or three kilometers away to fetch water or buy water from a water seller. A 200-liter can of water cost 3000 riels (about 0.75 U.S. dollars). ). "It's fine now, there is clean water at the door of the house, so there is no need to worry about lack of water anymore," she said happily.

In Anton Roveang Village, Baribu District, China helped build a 50-meter square and 4-meter-deep community pond. The sapphires are inlaid in the emerald green fields, giving people a beautiful enjoyment. Villager Enhengtie said that the water in the community’s pond is clear and clean, and the villagers use it for cooking, bathing, washing clothes, and irrigating crops.

The head of Anton Roveang Village, Bren Zampong, said that the Chinese-aided water supply project ended the villagers’ history of buying and drinking muddy water. The newly built wells and ponds have brought convenience and health to the villagers and reduced the prevalence of water-borne diseases. "There is a Cambodian proverb called'Drinking water thinks about its source.' China helped us dig wells and ponds. We will always remember this generous assistance." He said.

The second phase of the China-aided Cambodian Rural Water Supply Project held a handover ceremony in Kampong Chhnyang, Cambodia on the 9th. Wu Guoquan, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, handed over the certificate to the Cambodian Minister of Rural Development Ulaben at the ceremony. The second phase of the China-aided Cambodian Rural Water Supply Project was constructed as a general contract by China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., Ltd., and the Chinese management company is China Urban Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd. The project started construction in November 2019. The construction period is two years. 54 ponds and 964 pipe wells will be built in 10 provinces in Cambodia.

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According to Wu Guoquan, the first phase of China's aid to Cambodia's rural water supply project started construction in 2017. It is the first batch of localization projects implemented by the Chinese government in Cambodia. In the past four years, the Chinese government has helped 16 provinces in Cambodia build more than 1,800 deep-water wells and nearly 130 community ponds, effectively solving the shortage of drinking water sources and water sanitation problems for rural people, improving the level of community epidemic prevention, and improving the quality of life and production of villagers condition.

Ulaben expressed his deep gratitude to the Chinese government and people for their assistance to the project, and believed that the project is essential to promoting the development of Cambodia's rural economy and improving people's livelihood. Ulaben praised the Cambodia-China project team for successfully and efficiently completing the project under the new crown epidemic. He said that these wells and community ponds will help improve local living conditions, reduce poverty, promote rural economic growth, and narrow the urban-rural development gap.

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development of Cambodia, Zhan Darong, who participated in the opening ceremony, expressed his gratitude to the Chinese government for building a large number of wells and ponds in vast rural areas, so that rural people can obtain abundant and clean domestic water throughout the year, and effectively reduce it. Rural flooding diseases. This project is of great significance to Cambodia's reduction of rural poverty and promotion of rural social and economic development. Keywords: One Belt One Road, One Belt One Road News, One Belt One Road Project, Overseas Projects

Wu Guoquan said that as the friendly and cooperative relations between China and Cambodia continue to deepen, more people's livelihood projects will be implemented and more "fountains of benefit" and "fountains of friendship" will emerge in the future.Editor/XuNing