Storyline: Chinese President Xi Jinping said he hopes his visit to Cambodia will spearhead progress in building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future. Xi made the remarks in a signed article titled "Together We Strive, Together We Thrive: Toward a Stable and Sustainable China-Cambodia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era" published Thursday in Cambodian media outlets Khmer Times, Jian Hua Daily and Fresh News ahead of his arrival in Cambodia for a state visit. Noting that a China-Cambodia community with a shared future is deeply rooted in the historic legacy of good-neighborly relations, Xi said that the two countries' friendly exchange spans two millennia of their shared history, thanks to the geographical proximity. A China-Cambodia community with a shared future is also defined by the two countries' mutual commitment to friendship and righteousness, he said, recalling that the friendship was forged by Cambodia's King Father Norodom Sihanouk, and Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai among the elder generations of Chinese leaders. Xi noted that a China-Cambodia community with a shared future is powered by equality and mutual benefit. For many years, China has been Cambodia's largest trading partner and largest source of investment, and the industrial and supply chain cooperation between the two countries has been deepening continuously, he said. A China-Cambodia community with a shared future is founded upon inclusiveness and mutual learning, Xi said. Over the past 30 years, China has sent many experts to Cambodia across diverse fields, including archaeology, geological exploration, cultural heritage, history, architecture and the arts. They have helped bring renewed splendor to the Angkor legacy, a gem of human civilizations, he added. Xi said China and Cambodia must work together to promote the steady and sustained progress in building the China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era. He said that the two countries should bring the mutual political trust to a higher level, and expand the mutually beneficial cooperation of higher quality. Xi urged the two countries to forge greater synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Pentagonal Strategy, and advance the development of the Industrial and Technological Corridor and the Fish and Rice Corridor. He called on both sides to work together to ensure greater security, have more frequent people-to-people exchanges, and strengthen strategic coordination of higher standards. Xi expressed his belief that, with their joint efforts, the China-Cambodia ironclad friendship, which has been tempered through trials of time and storms of adversity, will stay true to its original purpose. China will work with Cambodia to safeguard peace, pursue development and achieve shared prosperity, to make solid progress in building the China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, and to bring greater stability and certainty to this turbulent world. Cambodia is the last leg of Xi's current five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour, which also includes state visits to Vietnam and Malaysia. Shotlist: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Recent: 1. Various of portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia 2. National flags of China, Cambodia 3. Portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia 4. Various of national flags of China, Cambodia, streets Cambodia - Recent: 5. Aerial shot of cityscape FILE: Cambodia - Date Unknown: 6. Various of Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone FILE: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Nov 7, 2023: 7. Various of vehicles running on Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway FILE: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Feb 19, 2024: 8. Various of groundbreaking ceremony for bridge construction FILE: Stung Treng Province, Cambodia - Exact Date Unknown: 9. Aerial shot of Chinese-built Lower Sesan II hydroelectric power station 10. Various of Chinese, Cambodian staff working in station FILE: Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China - Date Unknown: 11. Aerial shots of cargo ships at port FILE: Haikou City, Hainan Province, south China - Date Unknown: 12. Aerial shots of port FILE: Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Jan 1, 2025: 13. Various of travelers in airport, Ningbo-Phnom Penh direct flight opening sign, flight information on screen FILE: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 2022: 14. Various of cityscape FILE: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Nov 7, 2023: 15. Aerial shot of cityscape. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]