On the afternoon of September 12th local time, Premier Li Qiang attended the China UAE Business Forum in Dubai and delivered a speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Dawei
Li Qiang stated that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Arab countries. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the relationship between the two countries has become increasingly mature, and fruitful results have been achieved in economic and trade cooperation, with profound inevitability behind it. This inevitability is rooted in the long-standing economic and trade traditions, compatible development concepts, and shared value pursuits of the two countries. The economic and trade exchanges between China and Arab countries have spanned thousands of years, with close ties and deepening friendship and trust. Both countries actively embrace economic globalization, work together to create development miracles in openness, and promote mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. China and Arab countries belong to the Asian family, and the Asian people have a firm and persistent longing for peace, unity, and cooperation, and have made arduous and unremitting efforts for this. Over the past few decades, Asia has maintained overall peace, stability, and rapid development, and has benefited from this. This common pursuit of values is even more precious in a turbulent and intertwined world, and deserves to be cherished and always upheld.
Li Qiang pointed out that currently, China Arab relations are at a historical node of carrying forward the past and opening up the future, and China Arab economic and trade cooperation has also ushered in an important opportunity for upgrading and upgrading. I hope that enterprises from both countries can adapt to and grasp the overall trend, and seize new opportunities for cooperation from the sustained and firm two-way cooperation between China and Arab countries. First, seize the new opportunity of high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", base on China and Arab countries, focus on global cooperation, explore markets, deepen cooperation in connectivity, infrastructure construction, financing and other fields, and promote the two countries' deep integration into the global industrial chain supply chain. The second is to seize the new opportunity of closely aligning the development strategies of China and Arab countries, and seek more points of interest and cooperation growth from the intersection and convergence of the two countries' strategies, deepening cooperation in trade, new energy, tourism and other fields. Thirdly, we should seize the new opportunities presented by the booming innovation in the technology industry, actively seek impetus from innovation, promote cooperation in cutting-edge fields such as advanced manufacturing, digital economy, and artificial intelligence, and work together to seize future development opportunities. Welcome more UAE companies to invest in China. I believe that with the joint efforts of entrepreneurs from both countries, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Arab countries will continue to unleash vitality and better promote the development and prosperity of both countries.
More than 200 representatives from the governments, chambers of commerce, and enterprises of China and Arab countries attended the meeting. Representatives of the UAE business community highly appreciated China's development vitality and market potential, and looked forward to further increasing investment in China within the framework of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", strengthening cooperation in infrastructure, scientific and technological innovation, energy and other fields, and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.