The tenth session of the ministerial meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum, which was held yesterday, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum, is of great importance for implementing the outcomes of the China-Arab Summit and accelerating the building of the Chinese-Arab community for a common future towards the new era, especially since it is the first session after the China-Arab Summit. The first successful one was held in December 2022 in Saudi Arabia, where President Xi Jinping attended the summit, delivered the keynote speech, and summarized the spirit of Chinese-Arab friendship of “solidarity, synergy, equality, mutual benefit, inclusion and mutual benefit,” and set the path and direction for building the Chinese-Arab community for the future. Joint and presented the “Eight Joint Actions” on practical cooperation between China and the Arab countries, which was met with a warm response in the Arab countries.
The building of the Chinese-Arab community for a common future, which has been moving steadily forward for more than a year, has become a glorious banner under which the Chinese-Arab consensus on the political, development, security and civilizational levels is crystallized, and which leads Chinese-Arab relations to pave the way and move forward with great strides.
China and the Arab countries continue to enhance strategic cooperation to achieve a higher level of mutual strategic trust.
President Xi Jinping successfully received the leaders of Palestine, Algeria, Syria, Mauritania, and other Arab countries in China, making China-Arab relations develop at a high level.
Comprehensive strategic partnership relations, or strategic partnership relations, have been established between China and 14 Arab countries and the League of Arab States so far, after the establishment of strategic partnership relations between China and both Palestine and Syria. The Arab world has become one of the regions that has the highest percentage of China’s strategic partners.
The Arab countries firmly support China’s efforts to preserve its core interests and major concerns, and remain committed to the one-China principle and pursue the one-China policy.
In return, China firmly supports the efforts of Arab countries to enhance strategic independence, preserve the country’s sovereignty and the nation’s dignity, settle disputes and differences through dialogue and consultation, and embark on the path of self-strengthening through solidarity to achieve collective security.
The Palestinian cause
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict that erupted since last October has resulted in a large number of deaths and injuries among civilians and a serious humanitarian crisis.
No peace-loving country or people can remain indifferent before this scene.
In the face of the dangerous situation, China has been standing on the side of truth, justice and the right side of history, and pushing the international community to focus its efforts on ceasefire, preventing fighting, protecting the safety of civilians, expanding humanitarian relief, implementing the “two-state solution” and finding a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue at an early date. .
China stands in solidarity and cooperates with Arab countries, which has enhanced their mutual trust in the struggle to defend international justice.
China and the Arab countries continue to expand their practical cooperation to achieve mutual benefit and win-win with higher quality. China has signed cooperation documents with all Arab countries and the League of Arab States to build the Belt and Road. The two sides have implemented more than 200 major projects within the framework of the Belt and Road, and nearly two billion people on both sides benefit from the results of cooperation.
China remains the largest trading partner of Arab countries for many consecutive years. During the past two years, the volume of trade exchange between the two sides has reached a new level, as this volume now remains at the record level of 400 billion US dollars, which is 10 times what it was 20 years ago.
Sino-Arab cooperation is also witnessing significant progress in the fields of energy, finance, infrastructure, and others, as China imported 265 million tons of crude oil from Arab countries in 2023, and this number constitutes 47% of China’s total imports of crude oil from abroad, and Sino-Arab cooperation is also progressing. In the fields of photovoltaic energy, wind energy, nuclear energy for civil purposes and hydrogen energy. The Chinese currency is rapidly entering Arab countries, as China has signed or extended local currency exchange agreements with Egypt, the Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, and Egypt has successfully issued panda bonds in China.
“New pyramid»
In the field of infrastructure, a series of “new landmarks” built by China have appeared in Arab countries, such as the building in the new Egyptian administrative capital, which the Egyptians call the “New Pyramid,” which is the tallest building in Africa, and the highway linking eastern and western Algeria, whose length exceeds 1,200 kilometers away, Lusail Stadium is the main stadium for the World Cup in Qatar, and the Mohammed VI Bridge in Morocco, which is the largest suspension bridge in Africa.
Sino-Arab cooperation has also achieved fruitful results in the fields of information, communications, aviation, space, big data, artificial intelligence, and other advanced and modern fields, in addition to the high-level operation of numerous centers in the fields of technology transfer, the Beidou satellite navigation system, and international research to combat drought and desertification, forming a network. Technology transfer and cooperation link scientific research institutions and innovative companies from China and Arab countries.
China and the Arab countries continue to expand civilizational communication, which has achieved deeper understanding between peoples.
China and the Arab countries are strengthening communication on governance and management, as the Chinese side succeeded in organizing 4 sessions of the China-Arab Forum for Reform and Development and 20 teaching courses for Arab countries hosted by the China-Arab Studies Center for Reform and Development, and about 500 individuals were trained, including government officials, academics in think tanks, and media professionals. In Arab Countries.
We find that the exchange of benefits between the Chinese and Arab civilizations is progressing at the forefront of the countries of the world, as the League of Arab States was the first regional organization in the world to issue a document with China regarding the implementation of the Global Civilization Initiative at the first session of the Liangzhou Forum, which was held in December 2023, and it was the first organization Regional countries in the world signed a cooperation document with China regarding establishing an association of intellectual institutions in January 2024.
“Migration to happiness»
Chinese audio-visual programs, such as “Migration to Happiness,” “The Medal of the Republic,” and “Masks and Treasures,” were widely received by the Arab audience, and the total number of clicks on them exceeded 500 million times.
There is also a great demand from Arab countries to learn the Chinese language, as China has established (21 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms) in cooperation with 13 Arab countries, and teaching the Chinese language has been officially included in the national education system in the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, and Djibouti.
Civilizational exchanges
China will continue to walk with Arab countries on the path of inclusion and mutual benefit, and conduct more diverse civilizational exchanges.
The Chinese and Arab civilizations meet, and understanding between them has existed for thousands of years, and they have recorded well-known stories in history of cohesion and mutual benefit between different civilizations.
China will continue to work with Arab countries to explore various development methods for modernization, further strengthen cultural and popular communication in various fields including culture, education, tourism, youth and the arts, and devote the common human values of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom, rejecting the “clash of civilizations theory” and boycotting “ Islamophobia, and leading human civilization towards mutual respect and harmonious coexistence.
China will continue to walk with Arab countries on the path of collective cooperation, to establish a more integrated platform.
The 20 years that have passed since the establishment of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum have been full of prosperous and vibrant development. During which 19 important mechanisms were established within the framework of the forum, including the ministerial meeting, the strategic political dialogue, the reform and development forum, and the energy cooperation conference, and 85 important documents were issued, which established a model for collective cooperation.
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