China Provides Concessional Loans For Cabodia Water Conservancy Projects

"In the past, we basically depended on the weather for food, and the output of rice was limited. Our Chinese friends helped us build an irrigation system, and the rice planting increased from one crop a year to two or even three crops a year, and it was replaced by a higher yield. The income has more than doubled compared to the past," said Weng Jinse, a local resident of Kanghot Irrigation District in Battambang Province, Cambodia.

The improvement of Weng Jinse's life has benefited from China's provision of preferential loans to implement water conservancy irrigation projects. Due to historical reasons, Cambodia's agricultural production level is relatively backward, water conservancy infrastructure is particularly weak, agricultural production is not guaranteed, farmers' income is low, and a large number of agricultural population still live below the poverty line. In order to promote economic and social development and improve people's living standards, the Cambodian government has put forward a series of policies and measures, focusing on improving existing water conservancy facilities, enhancing irrigation and drainage capacity, reducing the impact of natural disasters on production and life, and changing the agriculture that depends on the weather. Manufacturing state.

According to reports, over the past ten years, the Cambodian government has implemented and completed 12 large-scale farmland water conservancy projects through the financing support provided by the Export-Import Bank of China, with a cumulative irrigated area of 683,600 hectares and a reservoir capacity of 760 million cubic meters. Han Dianfeng, deputy general manager of Guangdong Construction Engineering Foreign Construction Co., Ltd., who has been involved in the construction for a long time, said that the completion of these projects has greatly improved the agricultural irrigation capacity of Cambodia, the rice planting coefficient in the irrigation area has doubled, and the unit yield has increased by 20-30%, which has significantly increased grain output. It has increased farmers' income, reduced rural poverty, and effectively improved the resilience and sustainability of Cambodia's agricultural development.

Han Dianfeng said that the reservoir project can not only regulate river runoff and provide irrigation water in the dry season, but also play a better role in reducing peaks and shifting peaks during floods, reducing the impact of flood disasters, and has an obvious effect on farmland crops.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has spoken highly of the Battambang Multifunctional Dam project, one of the above projects. He said that after the completion of the project, it will effectively improve the utilization of water resources in Battambang Province, greatly increase crop yields, reduce the impact of flood disasters, increase farmers' income, promote local agricultural development, and achieve sustainable agricultural and rural development. At the same time, it will play comprehensive functions such as flood control, irrigation, power generation, and drought resistance to benefit the local people.

Cambodian Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lin Jianhe said that the smooth implementation of these water conservancy projects is inseparable from the strong support and guidance of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the China International Development Cooperation Agency, the Export-Import Bank of China, and the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, etc., so that the projects can be delivered smoothly. Bring benefits to the fore at an early date and benefit the Cambodian people.

The local media commented that the water conservancy project provided by the Chinese government with preferential loan support and the China Export-Import Bank loan was implemented in Cambodia, which not only guaranteed the agricultural production in the irrigation area, but also ensured the high-quality and efficient construction of Guangdong Waijian during the project implementation process. The project was successfully delivered, and the implementation actively integrated into the local society, fulfilled social responsibilities, responded to the demands of the local people, repaired bridges and roads for local villagers for free, flood control and drainage, and repaired school classrooms, temples, libraries and other public facilities, which were well received and praised by the public. Chinese friends are good friends and true friends.