On the afternoon of December 9th local time, the first China- Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Summit was held in Riyadh . This summit is a grand event in the history of China Overseas relations and is of great milestone. GCC is the most dynamic regional organization in the Middle East Gulf region. China has a history of friendly exchanges with GCC countries for nearly two thousand years. Over the past 40 years, China and Overseas have written a brilliant chapter of unity, mutual assistance and win-win cooperation, with a wide range of cooperation in various fields, profound degrees and fruitful results. In the past 10 years, China Overseas relations have been flourishing and fruitful.
Party Building Network sorted out some of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important statements and invited you to learn and understand them together.
On the afternoon of December 9, 2022 local time, the first China-Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Summit was held at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
China Overseas belongs to the same Eastern civilization and have similar cultural values. People know each other and blind date
China and the GCC have established a relationship for 33 years, the relationship between the two sides has continued to develop healthily. The two sides are good brothers, good friends and good partners with high political mutual trust, practical economic and trade cooperation and close cultural exchanges. China will continue to develop long-term friendly relations with the GCC.
——On January 17, 2014, Xi Jinping’s speech during his meeting with the delegation of the Cooperation Commission of the Gulf of Arab States
The GCC is the most dynamic regional organization in the Gulf of the Middle East. In the 35 years since China established ties with the GCC, China's Overseas relations have become increasingly mature, and the cooperation between the two sides has a solid foundation and broad development prospects. We hope that both sides will forge ahead, gather more points of fit, improve the level of relations between the two sides, and promote mutually beneficial cooperation between China Overseas to benefit the people of both sides more.
——On January 19, 2016, Xi Jinping’s speech when meeting with Secretary-General of the Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Zayeni
China has a history of friendly exchanges with the GCC countries for nearly two thousand years. The people of both sides uphold the "Oriental wisdom" of valuing peace, valuing harmony and seeking truth, and continue to travel along the ancient Silk Road. As soon as the GCC was established in 1981, China established ties with the GCC. Over the past 40 years, the two sides have written a brilliant chapter of unity, mutual assistance, and win-win cooperation.
The reason why China-Sea relations have achieved leapfrog development is rooted in deep mutual trust. China and the GCC countries have always supported each other's sovereignty and independence, respected their respective development paths, insisted on equality between all countries, and firmly safeguarded multilateralism . Rooted by high complementarity, China has a broad consumer market and a complete industrial system; Haifang has rich energy resources and economic diversification is in full swing, and the two sides are natural partners. It comes from the mutual understanding of the people, the Chinese Ocean belongs to the Eastern civilization, has similar cultural values, and the people know each other and get blindly together. Rooted by sharing weal and woe, in the face of international and regional changes, financial crisis, the new crown pneumonia epidemic, major natural disasters, and other challenges, both sides help each other.
——On December 9, 2022, Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the first China-Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Summit
On January 17, 2014, President Xi Jinping met with the GCC delegation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to attend the third round of strategic dialogue between the China-Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jiansheng
Continuing the tradition of China-Overseas friendship, taking the establishment of China-Overseas strategic partnership as an opportunity to enrich the strategic connotation of China-Overseas relations
China is willing to carry out mutually beneficial cooperation with GCC countries in conjunction with the construction of the "Belt and Road". China is willing to become a long-term, stable and reliable energy supply market for the GCC countries and build a comprehensive upstream and downstream energy cooperation pattern with the sea. The two sides should deepen cooperation in infrastructure construction, communications, electricity, investment, finance, aerospace, nuclear energy, renewable energy and other fields. We welcome the restart of the China-GCC Free Trade Zone negotiations. We are very happy that the negotiations have made substantial progress and hope that the free trade zone will be completed as soon as possible. We must improve the level of security cooperation and strengthen communication and coordination in regional and international affairs.
——On January 19, 2016, Xi Jinping’s speech when meeting with Secretary-General of the Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee, Zayeni,
For a long time, China’s relations with the GCC have maintained healthy and stable development, and cooperation in various fields is wide, profound and fruitful. In the past 10 years, China Overseas relations have been flourishing and fruitful. China maintains its position as the GCC's largest trading partner and the largest petrochemical product exporter. In 2021, the trade volume between the two sides exceeded US$230 billion, and China's import of crude oil from the GCC countries exceeded 200 million tons. The two sides have extensive and in-depth traditional cooperation in production capacity, infrastructure construction, investment and finance. High-tech cooperation such as 5G communications, new energy, aerospace, and digital economy are in full swing. The new business card of "intelligent manufacturing" and the new industrial landscape show the new atmosphere of China Overseas development .
——On December 8, 2022, Xi Jinping published a signed article titled "Inheriting Thousand Years of Friendship and Creating a Better Future" in the Riyadh newspaper
Faced with a century of changes, the GCC countries have united and strengthened themselves, overcome the impact of the epidemic and achieved economic growth, actively promoted the political solution of regional hot and difficult issues, and promoted the GCC to become the most dynamic regional organization in the Middle East Gulf. China highly appreciated this. Standing at the crossroads of history, we must continue the tradition of China-Overseas friendship and take the opportunity of establishing China-Overseas strategic partnership to enrich the strategic connotation of China-Overseas relations.
——On December 9, 2022, Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the first China-Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Summit
On the afternoon of December 9, 2022 local time, the first China-Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Summit was held at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh. Xinhua News Agency issued a new era of better China-Sea relations
. China supports the efforts of the GCC countries to maintain regional peace and stability, and supports GCC countries to play a constructive role in solving regional hot issues. We hope that regional countries will jointly build and share the peaceful development of the Middle East Gulf through dialogue and cooperation based on the principles of mutual respect, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, and good-neighborly friendship.
——On January 19, 2016, Xi Jinping’s speech when meeting with Secretary-General of the Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Zayeni,
Looking to the future, China will take the opportunity of establishing and strengthening the China Overseas strategic partnership, consolidate traditional friendship with GCC countries, deepen mutual trust, and continue to firmly support GCC countries in safeguarding sovereignty, independence, security and stability, and continue to support the maritime side to accelerate integration construction and achieve diversified development. China will work with the seaside to create a more three-dimensional new pattern of energy cooperation, accelerate the promotion of new developments in financial investment cooperation, cultivate new highlights of cultural cooperation, expand new areas of innovative cooperation, and deepen the integration of interests of China Overseas.
——On December 8, 2022, Xi Jinping published a signed article entitled "Inheriting Thousand Years of Friendship and Creating a Better Future" in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh newspaper
China and the GCC countries each shoulder the glorious mission of national development and revitalization, and China-Sea relations are both old and young. China will continue to support the unity and self-reliance of the maritime side, achieve economic diversification, and play a greater role in international and regional affairs. China is willing to work with the sea side to take this summit as an opportunity to create a better new era of China-Overseas relations.
——On December 9, 2022, Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the first China-Gulf Arab Cooperation Committee Summit
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