Suzhou News, November 13. There are 33 days to go before the opening of the 13th International Day of the Belt and Road (Silk Road Festival) and the Five Festivals Joint Celebration New Year Cultural Festival of the Belt and Road. The "Belt and Road" China-Arab Business Dialogue and China-Arab Jinji Lake Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Meeting was held in Suzhou.
Co-hosted by the China Economic Liaison Center, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the People's Government of Suzhou City, the opening ceremony was addressed by Jin Xin, Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Fan Bo, Deputy Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Suzhou Municipal Party Committee.
The event attracted about 400 participants, including representatives from central and state authorities, media outlets and think tanks, government departments and enterprises of Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City, as well as political party leaders, diplomatic envoys and business figures from 22 Arab countries. Distinguished foreign guests included Ghazal, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt and Chairman of the National Front Party; Bouden, Deputy Speaker of the National People's Assembly of Algeria and Secretary-General of the National Democratic Rally; Souhuna, First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritania and Leader of the Equity Party; and Al-Husari, Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament and Vice Chairman of the Homeland Future Party Parliamentary Group in Egypt.
Chen Entian, Chairman of the Silk Road International Guild Alliance and person-in-charge of the Five Festivals Joint Celebration Organizing Committee of the Belt and Road, together with other representatives of international organizations, extended warm congratulations to the event.
During the dialogue, Chinese and Arab entrepreneurs exchanged experience on participation in the Belt and Road cooperation, as well as trade, investment, science and technology cooperation. More than 200 Chinese and Arab enterprises carried out on-site matchmaking and negotiations. Before the dialogue, the Arab delegation visited key enterprises in Suzhou.
This dialogue builds a high-end communication platform for deepening practical China-Arab cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, promotes two-way economic and trade exchanges, and creates a favorable atmosphere for the upcoming series of cultural and economic and trade activities of the 13th International Day of the Belt and Road (Silk Road Festival).
