The United Arab Emirates (UAE) participated as a Visitor of Honour within the seventh version of the China-Arab States Expo, held from August 28 to 31, 2025, in Yinchuan, China, below the theme ‘Innovation, Inexperienced, and Prosperity.’ The UAE highlighted alternatives to strengthen the UAE-China partnership throughout new financial system, infrastructure, power, inexperienced improvement, superior manufacturing, know-how, agriculture, meals industries, tourism, SMEs, and different important sectors essential to the sustainable improvement targets of each nations.
The UAE delegation was led by H.E. Hussein Ibrahim Al Hammadi, UAE Ambassador to China; H.E. Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Financial system and Tourism; and over 50 representatives from 17 private and non-private entities. Establishing the exhibition’s largest nationwide pavilion, the UAE showcased its nationwide enterprise setting and strategic benefits within the Center East and Asia, that includes a wide selection of main Emirati corporations and establishments.
Talking on the exhibition, H.E. Abdullah Al Saleh affirmed the UAE and China share sturdy historic ties and a strategic, complete financial partnership. Guided by the visionary outlook of each leaderships and their shared willpower, this relationship continues to progress towards higher prosperity, reflecting the aspirations of each the nation for sustainable financial improvement.
H.E. Abdullah Al Saleh said: “The UAE’s function as Visitor of Honour underscores the robust momentum in our bilateral financial and business cooperation. We view this occasion as a strategic platform to reinforce UAE-China financial, funding, and commerce partnerships, help enterprise group dialogue, and strengthen broader Arab-China cooperation. This exhibition additionally celebrates the deep-rooted civilisational connection between our peoples, solid by way of the historic Silk Highway and centuries of commerce and cultural alternate, bonds that proceed to construct enduring bridges of belief and collaboration.”
“UAE-China financial and funding relations are rising constantly, with China because the UAE’s main international buying and selling associate. Conversely, the UAE is China’s main non-oil commerce hub within the Center East and Africa, performing as an important gateway with over 60 per cent of China’s regional exports transit by way of it. This displays our deep cooperation and financial integration, underscoring the strategic significance of our bilateral relations in advancing sustainable improvement and mutual funding alternatives,” H.E. added.
His Excellency Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, UAE Ambassador to China, emphasised that the UAE’s participation as Visitor of Honor at this 12 months’s China-Arab States Expo underscores the depth of the historic and strategic ties with China.
His Excellency famous that this participation represents a useful alternative to showcase the UAE’s pioneering developmental achievements, spotlight promising funding and financial prospects throughout numerous sectors, and additional strengthen cooperation in key fields comparable to know-how, power, renewable power, trendy agriculture, and innovation.
“This participation displays a shared dedication to increasing avenues of strategic cooperation and strengthening a partnership based on mutual respect and customary profit. The Expo supplied a really perfect platform to reinforce communication between enterprise leaders and buyers, whereas opening new horizons for future cooperation between China and the opposite taking part Arab international locations,” H.E. mentioned.
The Ambassador expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Authorities of the Folks’s Republic of China for the type invitation, emphasising that the UAE seems to be ahead to this participation as a possibility to additional strengthen the bridges of cooperation and friendship in pursuit of higher progress and prosperity for all individuals.
UAE–China Enterprise Discussion board
Throughout its go to to China, the UAE delegation additionally participated within the UAE-China Enterprise Discussion board, geared toward enhancing cooperation between the 2 international locations throughout numerous fields of mutual curiosity, increasing funding and commerce partnerships, and exchanging finest practices. The discussion board additional sought to help channels of communication between the 2 enterprise communities and introduced collectively over 200 distinguished figures from each side, together with authorities officers, firm executives, and buyers.
Commerce and funding alternate between the 2 international locations
Non-oil commerce between the UAE and China reached round USD 90 billion in 2024. Within the first half of 2025, it recorded development of 15.6 per cent in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, with a worth nearing USD 50 billion.
On the funding entrance, UAE investments in China witnessed a outstanding improve of 95 per cent in 2023 in comparison with 2022, with whole investments amounting to USD 4.5 billion. In the meantime, China ranks because the UAE’s third-largest supply of international direct funding, with whole investments value USD 9 billion by the top of 2023.
The UAE welcomed over a million Chinese language vacationers in 2024, reaffirming its standing as a most popular vacation spot for Chinese language travellers. Air journey between the 2 international locations additionally continues to increase, with greater than 110 direct flights working every week.