His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received today Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, who is visiting the UAE as the head of a high-level delegation.
Sheikh Mohammed welcomed Li Qiang and the delegation in a ceremony at Abu Dhabi’s Qasr Al Watan, expressing hope that the visit would further strengthen the bilateral relations between the UAE and China.
Sheikh Mohammed also greeted members of the delegation, while China’s Premier of the State Council shook hands with senior officials including Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court; Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as a number of ministers and senior officials.
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UAE-China bilateral relations
This year marks the 40th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the UAE and China in 1984. These bilateral relations have evolved and reached a comprehensive strategic partnership, which the UAE announced in July 2018 during the visit of Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, to the emirates.
UAE-China relations received a significant boost following the historic state visit by President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Beijing in May 2024. During the visit, both countries signed numerous agreements and cooperation memoranda.
Notably, the UAE is China’s largest non-oil trading partner in the Arab region, while China is the UAE’s number one trading partner, with a trade value of $82 billion in 2023.
The volume of trade exchange between the UAE and China has risen 800-fold since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The volume of trade exchange between the two countries is set to reach $200 billion by 2030.
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