Minister of the Chinese Research and Development Center within the framework of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum
Received Ambassador Dr. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Maliki – Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Economic Affairs Sector, Lu Ha – Minister of the Research and Development Center of the Chinese State Council and his accompanying delegation, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States
< p>This visit comes in order to strengthen Chinese-Arab cooperation, which is one of the most prominent and successful experiences of trans-regional cooperation. During the meeting, issues related to the development of the Global South, the outcomes of the first Chinese-Arab Summit 2022, and proposals and opportunities for cooperation were discussed, especially with regard to economic cooperation. And investment. The meeting also discussed the possibility of stimulating cooperation in the areas of industrialization development, localization, and economic diversification, benefiting from China’s pioneering experiences in these fields, and discussing opportunities, challenges, and priorities for joint, high-quality building of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Representatives of both the political affairs sector and the social affairs sector participated in the meeting, and the existing activities within the framework of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum were reviewed, the most recent of which was the 11th session of the Arab-Chinese Businessmen Conference and the 9th session of the Investment Symposium scheduled to be held in the middle of the year. The second of April 2025 in China, which is the basic mechanism between the two sides, which aims to involve all relevant government agencies, including representatives of the business sector and owners of partnerships from both sides, to increase economic, investment and trade cooperation during the next stage, and the third session of the Chinese Exhibition for International Supply Chain Development during the month of November 2025 in Beijing. The General Secretariat participated in its first and second sessions in 2023 and 2024. The Chinese side’s proposal to establish a research center for the Global South and how to make it work was also discussed. Its mechanisms.
It should be noted that since the forum was established in 2004, the volume of trade exchange between the Arab and Chinese sides amounted to about 37 billion US dollars, and then increased to reach about 222 billion dollars. American in 2012, and in 2024, the volume of trade exchange between the two sides reached about 400 billion US dollars, and thus China maintained its position as the largest trading partner of countries. Arabic.
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