The fourth China-Arab States Forum on Reform and Development supported by the China-Arab Research Center on Reform and Development in Shanghai on Tuesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the fourth China-Arab States Forum on Reform and Development supported by the China-Arab Research Center on Reform and Development in Shanghai on Tuesday.
Governmental officials, experts and scholars from China and 17 Arab states attended the event. Executive chairman of the China-Arab Research Center on Reform and Development and president of Shanghai International Studies University Li Yansong moderated the main forum.
Participants had in-depth discussions on topics of the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, promoting the quality and upgrading the level of China-Arab cooperation, as well as implementing global development initiatives and exploring independent modernization paths at the forum.
Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun said that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Over the past 10 years, the cooperation between China and Arab states has yielded fruitful outcomes. China is ready to work together with Arab states to take the implementation of the outcomes of the first China-Arab States Summit as an opportunity to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative into a road of peaceful development, openness, inclusiveness, green and innovative development, and mutual learning. Arab states are welcome to actively participate in the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and make unique and important contribution.
Arab representatives attending the forum highly appreciated the Belt and Road Initiative, and said that the cooperation between Arab states and China has made important contributions to promoting the common development and prosperity of the two sides. The Belt and Road Initiative, as an important international public cooperation platform, will be the boost for Arab states to realize development by leaps and bounds. Arab states are ready to work with China to continue to advance high-quality cooperation and make an all-out effort to build an Arab-China community with a shared future in the new era.
The China-Arab States Forum on Reform and Development was held in 2018, 2019 and 2022, providing an effective platform for China and Arab states to strengthen exchanges of governance experience.
