Beijing August 17, 2018 / This year … five years before the Chinese President Xi Jinping initiative of the belt and the road. From the highest design to high-level visits, from concept to action, from the framework to the projects … the past five years have witnessed the legacy of the old Silk Road spirit and the combination of multiple strategies and continuous development of the initiative.

History has gradually shown the spirit of initiative [1]

The initiative "Belt and Fist" is aimed at promoting the development of a common destination for the whole world. The project aims to build a road that connects China with land and sea in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, and is in favor of supporting sustainable development goals.

The initiative is a vision of a 2000 year old "Silk Road" from Central Asia to the shores of the Mediterranean, and from there to Europe, where valuable Chinese and Asian goods were received, including Chinese spices, ceramics and side.

It is recalled that the results of construction with the ongoing pressure of the initiative exceeded China's expectations. According to the 2017 report from the data center Road and Road Initiative (NIC), cooperation between China and the belt and road countries has steadily increased over the past four years. Political coordination, communication and links have been strengthened, trade facilitation has increased and financial communication has improved and the hearts of people have converged and come together. .

The report noted that topics such as "project cooperation", "fruits of initiative" and "economic growth" became more common in 2016, "Collaboration between companies" and others attracted foreign media and foreign internet users and replaced them. columns that were unique to read and analyze the "strategic intentions" of the initiative, the focus areas of the impact, opportunities and development of China at the start of the initiative, Infrastructure and Cooperation in projects and others.

About the cooperation between China and the Arab countries, the Chinese president called on the Arab countries in 2014 to support the "Belt and Road" initiative during the sixth ministerial meeting of the Forum for Sino-Arab Cooperation, in which China and the Arab countries shared mutual understanding and The two natural partners in building the initiative

During the four years after the introduction of the invitation by President Xi, China and the Arab countries have committed themselves to "fruitful communication and cooperation," said State Secretary and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. 19659002] the volume of trade exchanges between China and the Arab countries in 2004 at the time of the creation of the forum $ 37 billion, and in 2017 reached more than $ 190 billion.

The most prominent things were the recent state visit by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United Arab Emirates to promote bilateral cooperation and the development of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

The visit of President Shi came at the invitation of his counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and is the first visit of a Chinese president to the UAE 29 years ago and has a great political, historical and strategic importance, The media in China and the Arab countries.

Among the For the Arab countries, the UAE is the second largest trading partner of China and the largest destination for its exports. The total trade volume between the two countries rose by 1.06 percent in 2017 compared to the previous year to 41 billion dollars. Chinese and UAE companies have invested in various infrastructure projects, including the construction of a solar power plant and a clean coal power station in Dubai, as well as the expansion of the Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi.

President Shi's visit to the UAE underlined great hopes and determination

During the visit China and the UAE agreed to improve bilateral relations to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership and open a new chapter for the promotion of bilateral cooperation. The two sides also signed a number of agreements on the implementation of cooperation projects in the framework of the Road and Road Initiative.

The most important thing is that this visit, which follows the eighth ministerial conference of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum in Beijing, [Peking] In July, Beijing organized the eighth ministerial conference of the Forum for Sino-Arab Cooperation, which was concluded with the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and the Executive Program of the Beijing Declaration on Economic Cooperation and Development China-Arab Cooperation for the period 2018-2020 and the implementing Partnership Declaration on the construction of the belt and road.

Today is a historic day for Sino-Arab relations.

Sino-Arab strategic cooperative relations, characterized by extensive cooperation and common development, were established during the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on Sino-Arab Cooperation in Tianjin in May 2010. Only eight years after the establishment of the Sino Relations, the eighth ministerial meeting saw them ascend to a partnership that represents a higher level of bilateral cooperation, China has never made such a partnership with the Arab world as a whole, except in some Arab countries

. the rapid and good cooperation between the two parties, especially in the context of the construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, MoU & # 39; s were signed until the end of June, with China becoming the largest trading partner of ten Arab countries, the construction of the "Belt and Road" between China and nine Arab countries. 19659002] In this context, the two parties have harvested practical fruit

It is striking that the strategic partnership between the Sino-Arab countries is characterized by extensive cooperation, common development and orientation towards the future, giving a new historical opportunity for both parties is being created.

The future orientation is part of the future. Is important for the future of the China-Arab strategic partnership, especially in view of the uncertainty of the world at different levels, while the Middle East still suffers from complex situations that from time to time are disturbed by disruptions. Regardless of the prospects and prospects for future developments, the two sides have given a clear message that their bilateral cooperation has a long-term vision and will not be affected or destabilized, regardless of how different situations and events occur in the world.

This marks the accession of bilateral relations to a new historical phase in which the two parties will build a Chinese-Arab society of common destiny in the interest of the two friendly peoples and the interests of the whole world.