Deng Xiuming, vice-president of China's Supreme People's Court, met with a delegation led by Ang Vong Vathana, chairman of the Commission on Legislation and Justice of Cambodia's National Assembly, in Beijing on Oct 14.

During the meeting, Deng hailed China and Cambodia as true friends who share weal and woe and good brothers who trust each other, and said that the top courts of both countries have pursued close cooperation in recent years.

Deng gave a rundown of China's rule of law development and the work of courts, highlighting their efforts in litigation-source prevention and diversified dispute resolution, establishing an online case database, as well as applying information technology in judicial work.

Deng emphasized that the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has outlined plans for further comprehensively deepening reforms and advancing Chinese modernization, adding that the plans for improving the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics have listed specific tasks to strengthen the development of foreign-related rule of law and deepen international cooperation in law enforcement and justice.

He said he hoped that the legislative and judicial authorities of both countries would further implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continuously deepen pragmatic exchanges and cooperation, and provide strong support for jointly building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era.

Ang Vong Vathana gave a briefing on legislative and judicial work in Cambodia, and the two sides discussed dispute prevention and resolution, as well as the application of information technology in court work.

The Cambodian delegation visited China at the invitation of the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of China's National People's Congress.