China will always be Cambodia's most trustworthy partner, strongest supporter: foreign minister

China will always be Cambodia's most trustworthy partner and strongest supporter, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.

Wang, also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the statement when meeting with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh.

Sihamoni said Cambodia appreciates China for its selfless support and assistance in Cambodia's economic and social development, which has provided a powerful impetus to the construction of the Cambodia-China community with a shared future, adding that he believes the construction of the "Industrial Development Corridor" and the "Fish and Rice Corridor" will further boost Cambodia's economic growth.

Cambodia and China are set to establish an "Industrial Development Corridor" to support the conversion of Cambodia's coastal Sihanoukville into a model multipurpose special economic zone, and a "Fish and Rice Corridor" to develop modern ecological agriculture near the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia.

The king said Cambodia firmly adheres to the one-China principle and actively supports the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the three major global initiatives -- the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative -- proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

He expressed a firm belief that the friendship between Cambodia and China will be passed down through generations and grow stronger over time.

For his part, Wang said that under the guidance of the heads of state of China and Cambodia, the construction of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future has entered a new stage of high quality, high level and high standard development.

Wang said China is willing to work with Cambodia to implement the strategic consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries. China will always be Cambodia's most trustworthy partner and strongest supporter, he said.

Noting that China's development will also provide new opportunities for Cambodia's development, Wang said that China is willing to work closely with Cambodia to achieve common development, and keep the construction of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future at the forefront of the times.

China will always be Cambodia's most trustworthy partner, strongest supporter: foreign minister

China has opened a new chapter of lunar exploration with the successful launch of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft on Friday.

A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 spacecraft, blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of China's southern island province of Hainan at 17:27 (Beijing Time).

Approximately 37 minutes after liftoff, the Chang'e-6 spacecraft separated from the rocket and entered its planned Earth-moon transfer orbit, which had a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of about 380,000 kilometers, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

The launch of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft was a complete success, the CNSA announced.

The Chang'e-6 spacecraft, like its predecessor Chang'e-5, comprises an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner.

Regarded as one of the best open view sites, the beach at Qishui Bay in Longlou, a coastal town in Wenchang, attracted tens of thousands of people from all over the country to watch the launch.

"China is becoming more and more strong, and our technology is becoming more and more advanced," said one spectator.

"This is another exceptional, flawless launch, and I believe we have made a great start with a highly precise and accurate orbit insertion. We also wish the Chang'e-6 mission all the best," said Wang Jue, a technician at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

"The entire set of parameters for today's launch is excellent, laying a solid foundation for us. We will carry out trans-lunar injection, followed by lunar landing on the far side of the moon, sampling, takeoff from the far side of the moon, rendezvous and docking, and finally, the return from the moon to Earth," said Zhang Gao, another technician at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

China opens new chapter of lunar exploration with launch of Chang'e-6