Beijing, China - Aug 29, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Press briefing in progress
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Guo Jiakun, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"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. We've learned that themed 'Innovation, Green Development and Prosperity', this expo 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. This says 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."
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5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Guo Jiakun, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"Next year, the second China-Arab States Summit will be hosted in China. China stands ready to work with Arab states to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, carry out 'eight major cooperation initiatives' for our 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."
6. Various of reporters, press briefing in progress

China is willing to work with Arab countries to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

Guo made the remarks in response to a media query about the 7th China-Arab States Expo, which opened on Thursday in Yinchuan, capital city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

"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. We've learned that themed 'Innovation, Green Development and Prosperity', this expo 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. This says 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," Guo said.

"Next year, the second China-Arab States Summit will be hosted in China. China stands ready to work with Arab states to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, carry out 'eight major cooperation initiatives' for our 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," Guo said.