HONG KONG -- John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Wednesday met with visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol to exchange views on further strengthening bilateral economic and trade relations.

Lee said that Hong Kong and Cambodia reached 13 Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) last year, covering areas such as economics and trade, aviation, and financial services. He was pleased to witness more MOUs between government departments of the two places at the 10th Belt and Road Summit, which will further enhance bilateral exchanges and cooperation.

Lee said that Hong Kong possesses a highly internationalized, market-oriented and business-friendly environment with strengths in capital, technology and market resources that enable it to fully serve as a functional platform to help both places seize the opportunities from the Belt and Road Initiative.

He welcomed enterprises from Cambodia to leverage Hong Kong's role as a "super connector" and "super value-adder" to explore overseas and Chinese mainland markets. 

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