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Chinese-Arab relations... between the past and the present


This important historic summit represents a new impetus for strengthening and developing Arab-Chinese relations, in light of the current international changes, and an opportunity to consolidate historical Arab-Chinese relations, deepen cooperation in all fields, enhance exchanges between their respective civilizations, and work hand in hand to build the Arab-Chinese society for the future. Shared towards the new era.


Through this summit, the leaders of the Arab countries and China intend to plan joint cooperation in the future, advance the quality and level of Arab-Chinese relations, and crystallize greater consensus between the two sides on global governance, development, security, civilizational dialogue, and other important issues.

This summit is a milestone in the history of Arab-Chinese relations, and symbolizes the entry of Arab-Chinese friendship into a new stage, and the opening of broader horizons for Arab-Chinese strategic partnership relations, leading the two sides to move forward on the path of building the Arab-Chinese community for a common future with great strides.

The Arab countries are important partners for China in firmly moving on the path of development, enhancing solidarity and cooperation among developing countries, and advancing the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.

The relations between the Arab countries and China are deeply rooted in history, forming the overall distinguished and close strategic partnership relations between the two sides. Over the past more than 70 years since the founding of New China, Arab-Chinese cooperation has remained a definition of the horizons and the path forward towards building the Arab-Chinese community.

Cooperation between the Arab countries and China in all fields has witnessed rapid and comprehensive development, as the Arab countries have become the most important energy suppliers and economic and trade cooperation partners for China, and practical cooperation focused on crude oil and petrochemicals between the two sides is deepening, which has established stable and reliable strategic partnership relations between them in the field of energy. While the Arab and Chinese sides are jointly implementing the “Belt and Road” action plan in various fields, including the field of technology, within the framework of the Arab-Chinese technological partnership, to take full advantage of Chinese technological advantages and employ the catalytic role of advanced and modern technology.

The Arab countries and China enjoy a high degree of economically complementary advantages, as the volume of trade exchange between the Arab countries and China increased more than 620-fold from 1970 to 2010, and Chinese oil imports from Arab countries increased by about 30-fold from the beginning of the 1990s to 2010.

The total volume of trade exchange between Arab countries and China in 2020 amounted to about 239.8 billion dollars, while Arab countries’ imports from China amounted to about 122.9 billion dollars, an increase of 2.1% on an annual basis, while the Arab countries and China are partners for cooperation within the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative, where China signed cooperation documents within the framework of this initiative with several Arab countries in addition to the League of Arab States.



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