On September 29, 2008, King Father of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk sent a letter to Premier Wen Jiabao, saying that King of Cambodia His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, the Senate, the National Assembly, the government, nation and people of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Chea Sim, Samdech Heng Samrin and Samdech Hun Sen, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath and he himself would like to express the highest admiration and warmest congratulations to President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, other Chinese leaders, the Communist Party of China, the great Chinese nation and people as well as all the great taikonaut heroes, commanders, engineers, designers, manufacturers and technicians of Shenzhou 7 on the historic, glorious, complete and unforgettable success of the space exploration that China just concluded.

He noted that the entire world admires the perfectness of the whole process of this great space exploration and China hence comes to the forefront of scientific and technological research in the world.