Phnom Penh: Lok Chumteav Mithona Phu Thong, Governor of Koh Kong Province, on October 22, 2022, held a meeting with a Chinese investment delegation on the investment potential of industrial technology and the purpose of Chinese companies to set up electric car assembly plants in the province.
The provincial administration said that the provincial administration was very pleased and proud that the delegation of Chinese investment companies, including Mr. LIU CHUANFU, CEO of China Matrix Technology Group-Horche Intelligent Automobile, was interested and interested. The purpose is to invest in industrial technology by setting up a factory and assembling electric vehicles in Koh Kong province.
On behalf of the Provincial Administration and on her own behalf, she extended a warm welcome to the CEO of China Matrix Technology Group-Horche Intelligent Automobile and a delegation of Chinese investment companies who took the time to attend the meeting. Online with the Koh Kong Provincial Administrative Team. Today’s meeting is an opportunity for the provincial administration to build better relations and to enable Chinese investment companies to understand land cooperation policies, human resources and potentials related to the electric vehicle industry technology. Province.
According to the Governor, Koh Kong is one of the 25 provincial capitals of the Kingdom of Cambodia, bordering Sihanoukville to the east and Kampong Speu to the west and south to the Gulf. Sea and Kingdom of Thailand and north of Pursat province.
The province has 1 city, 6 districts, 26 communes, 3 sangkats and is divided into 119 villages with a total area of 10,045.58 km2 [ten thousand zero one hundred and forty five five hundred and eight square kilometers] with a population. A total of 143,492 people, 72,485 females, a population density of 13 people / km2 and a poverty rate of 7.4% in 2022. About 55.5% of the population are farmers, relying on agriculture as the main source of livelihood.
Apart from agriculture, other sectors such as industry accounted for 0.3%, services for 44.2%, of which the labor force employed in factories, enterprises and the private sector accounted for about 15.1% of the total population.
The mining and energy sector provides a wide range of investors to develop small-scale hydropower and promote the development of high-quality technology in line with international standards, affordable and modern services covering the following provinces:
1. Stung Russey Chrum Krom Hydropower with 338 MW
2. Kirirom 3 Hydropower with 18 MW
3. The Stung Tat hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 246 megawatts.
In 2021, the province has 7 large-scale industries, 10,843 workers, including car assembly, wiring, electronics, textiles, garments, sportswear, etc. Small and medium enterprises and handicrafts with 755 bases. Koh Kong is a province in the southwest of Cambodia, about 290 km from Phnom Penh, with two main national roads connecting: National Road 4 and National Road 48, with Koh Kong also having an airport. One international aircraft, Darasakor Airport, is located in the Darasakor vacation area of Union Company in Kirisakor district.
In addition to land and air routes, Koh Kong province is also building deep-sea ports and shipping lanes and other important infrastructure, with the Cambodia-Thailand Cham Yeam international border crossing being an important border crossing, including the exchange of agricultural goods. Diversified investment and trade. The province has been in contact with and continues to cooperate with Trat, Thailand to increase the warm business environment between the two countries.
In addition, the province has expanded its ties with Kamao and Kien Giang provinces of Vietnam and Jilin province, Yunnan province of China.
