China-Arab States Expo important platform for Belt and Road cooperation between China, Arab states: spokesperson

BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Since the launch in 2013, the China-Arab States Expo has been an important platform for Belt and Road cooperation between China and Arab states, and China stands ready to work with Arab states to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, and promote the building of a China-Arab community with a shared future, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

The seventh China-Arab States Expo opened in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Thursday.

Spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press conference that this expo is themed "Innovation, Green Development and Prosperity," focuses on digital economy, clean energy, artificial intelligence, modern agriculture, water resources, smart meteorology and other trending topics, and is expected to reach a good number of results, which reflects a lot about the vigorous trade cooperation between China and Arab states.

The expo will feature the council meeting of the China-Arab Countries Inter-Bank Association, the Silk Road E-Commerce innovation and development conference, and other events on meteorology, standardization and intellectual property, the first of their kind in the expo's history, which will give a fresh boost to cooperation between China and Arab states, he added.

"Next year, the second China-Arab States Summit will be hosted in China," Guo said, adding that China stands ready to work with Arab states to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, carry out "eight major cooperation initiatives" for practical cooperation and "five cooperation frameworks," write a new chapter for common development, and promote the building of a China-Arab community with a shared future. Enditem