A promotional poster for the movie The Angkor Code which will be coproduced by China and Cambodia. [Photo/CHINA DAILY]

　　Producers of The Angkor Code, a feature-length movie set to be coproduced by China and Cambodia, signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh on April 11, as part of a new project to boost cultural exchanges between the two countries.

　　The film, jointly produced by the Beijing-based Shinework Pictures and Cambodian conglomerate Soma Group, will be set against the backdrop of the centuries-old history of Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious structure.

　　Iris Wang, the film's producer, told China Daily that the idea for the project emerged in July last year. It marks their third such internationally coproduced project, following megastar Jackie Chan's Sino-Indian blockbuster Kung Fu Yoga and The Composer, the first Sino-Kazakh film recounting a lesser-known story about late musician Xian Xinghai.

　　After traveling to Cambodia multiple times over the past half year in search of script inspiration, Wang revealed that the movie will interweave appealing elements of suspense, adventure and action stunts to tell a human-interest story about the friendship between a Chinese martial artist and a Cambodian fighter.

　　“The story will be about how they team up to stop an international gang that steals precious treasures, with aid from both countries,“ said Wang, also vice-president of Shinework Pictures.

　　With China being one of the world's largest movie markets, Wang said they hope the film will spark the interest of more Chinese tourists to travel to Cambodia, a country rich in history and cultural heritage.