The cultural integration of the Belt and Road Initiative is an emotional bond that connects the people of various countries. It is conducive to the exchange of thoughts and feelings between the people of various countries, and it also has a lot of room for cooperation. Every year in mid-April is the Cambodian New Year, also known as the Songkran Festival. It is the most important traditional festival in the life of the Cambodian people, and it is also a big day for the Cambodian people to reunite with their families.

Liu Xiaoxian and Man Yuliang, a Cambodian girl born in 1995, are a young couple from China to Cambodia. They also have a common identity as an employee of the project department of the new Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia, a key project of the Belt and Road Initiative of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., one is engaged in civil engineering design, and the other is engaged in installation materials.

Man Yuliang said that her monthly salary is now US$1,000, and the company will also provide some welfare subsidies during the holidays. Man Yuliang is the eldest in the family, with a younger sister in college and a younger brother in elementary school. She uses her salary to help the family share the academic expenses of her younger brother and younger sister.

Cambodia's new Phnom Penh International Airport project is located about 20 kilometers south of the capital city of Phnom Penh and will start construction in May 2020. After the project is completed, it will cover an area of 3,000 hectares and a construction area of 250,000 square meters. It will be Cambodia's first 4F-level airport with the highest level in the world, and become Cambodia's gateway airport to the world.

In order to help locals find employment and cultivate local talents, the proportion of local employees we employ is generally relatively high, reaching about 40%. Some items may have a higher percentage. Yao Deshun, project manager of the new Phnom Penh International Airport of China Construction Third Bureau, said that Chinese companies have further promoted the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, actively fulfilled their social responsibilities, and profoundly changed the lives of people in countries along the route.

In this way, the lives of the Chinese boy Liu Xiaoxian and the Cambodian girl Man Yuliang intersected. In July 2020, after graduating from graduate school, Liu Xiaoxian joined the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau to work in the Cambodia New Phnom Penh International Airport Project Department. At an event held by the project department, Manyu Liang sang Chinese songs on stage, which shocked Liu Xiaoxian.

Regarding the marriage between the couple, Liu Xiaoxian said: This is a predestined fate. He said that in order to have more opportunities to get in touch with Man Yuliang, he not only often participated in various activities organized by the project department, but also often asked Man Yuliang for advice on Cambodian grammar. The hearts of the two young men and women of different nationalities gradually merged in this way. together.

In terms of area, the new Phnom Penh International Airport will be the ninth largest airport in the world, and the annual passenger flow will reach 30 million after the official opening. Man Yuliang said that participating in the construction of this project is not only creating the future of his own life, but also creating the future of his own country. The area where the new Phnom Penh International Airport is located used to be rural areas, woods and fields, but now it is slowly turning into a city, and many roads have been built, which will bring great benefits to the local people. After the completion of this new international airport, it will be more convenient for people from many countries to travel to and from Cambodia for business and tourism. she says.Editor/Ma Xue