Xi Yandao丨Saudi media published an article, Chairman Xi revealed these key answers

　　Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 9th.

　　Reporter Meng Xiangjun

　　On December 8, when he arrived in Riyadh to attend the first China-Arab States Summit, the China-Gulf Arab States Cooperation Council Summit and pay a state visit to Saudi Arabia, President Xi Jinping published an article titled "Inheriting Millennium Friendship, Create a better future together" signed article.

　　Talking about Chairman Xi's article, Dong Manyuan, a researcher at the China Institute of International Studies, gave his own analysis and understanding to reporters from Chinanews.com.

　　He pointed out that from the ancient Maritime and Land Silk Roads to today's "Belt and Road Initiative", Chairman Xi clearly and concisely reviewed the history of friendly exchanges between the two great civilizations of China and Afghanistan for thousands of years in his article, and once again proposed to build a new era-oriented The goal of the China-Arab community with a shared future.

At noon on December 8, local time, on behalf of King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed held a welcoming ceremony for President Xi Jinping, who is on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, at the Royal Palace in Riyadh.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi Source: Xinhua News Agency

　　In Dong Manyuan's view, building a China-Arab community with a shared future is inevitable and feasible, mainly based on three levels:

　　First, at the level of China-Arab relations, President Xi not only firmly grasps the two major themes of the times, peace and development, but also uses the global development initiative and the global security initiative as twin engines to directly address the most critical issues facing the Arab world. ——The four "deficits" of peace, development, governance, and trust, and a plan for China-Arab cooperation to jointly eliminate the "deficits".

　　For example, China's "Belt and Road" initiative has been aligned with the development strategies of Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030", which will help eliminate the four "deficits".

Doing so best serves the common interests of the Chinese and Arab peoples and can promote friendship and cooperation between the two sides.

　　Second, at the level of China-Global relations, President Xi expressed China's desire to attach great importance to China-Global relations.

　　Whether it is economic or innovative development, the GCC countries lead the development of the entire Arab world. Their oil and natural gas production and output value are overwhelming in the Arab world, and they also occupy a significant share of the world's energy market.

At the same time, these countries exert the greatest political, religious and diplomatic influence in the Arab world.

　　China attaches great importance to the development of relations with the GCC, which is equivalent to grasping the key to improving the quality and upgrading of China-Arab relations, and it has played the role of outline.

Data map: On June 16, 2020, Xiamen Airlines carried more than 16 tons of anti-epidemic materials to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and all the seats on the plane were used to store the materials.

Photo courtesy of Xiamen Airlines

　　Third, at the level of China-Saudi Arabia relations, President Xi’s article shows China’s consideration of putting China-Saudi Arabia relations as a priority.

　　Saudi Arabia, like China, is a major developing country. Its economy, financial size, and religious influence are all prominent among developing countries.

Especially in the world crude oil supply market, it plays an important role of "ballast stone" and "stabilizing anchor".

　　At the same time, Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islamic civilization and the guardian of the two holy places of Islam, Mecca and Medina. Its influence in the entire Islamic world cannot be replaced by other countries. Therefore, it is regarded as the leader of the Islamic world and the Arab world. "First Leader".

Therefore, China attaches great importance to developing relations with Saudi Arabia.

　　Dong Manyuan noticed that the cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia is expected to extend to more international platforms. Chairman Xi’s article mentioned that China and Saudi Arabia can cooperate within multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Group of Twenty, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

At noon on December 8 local time, President Xi Jinping held talks with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Palace in Riyadh.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen Source: Xinhua News Agency

　　For example, he said that the cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia in the United Nations can demand fairness and reasonableness around the reform of the Security Council, and increase the representation of Arab countries and developing countries such as Saudi Arabia, otherwise the reform will be incomplete.

　　Another example is that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and other countries express their willingness to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS cooperation mechanism, which is actually to strengthen the solidarity and cooperation among emerging economies and developing countries.

　　Dong Manyuan believes that the concept of practicing true multilateralism, maintaining international fairness and justice, and maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East will gradually converge into an important force on the international stage, as Chairman Xi mentioned at the end of the article, to promote the More countries "together for a better future".

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