China-Arab States Summit
In December 2022, the first China-Arab States Summit was held in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia. Chinese President Xi Jinping and more than 20 leaders of League of Arab States member countries and heads of international organizations attended. Xi delivered a keynote speech reviewing the long history of friendly exchange between China and Arab countries and elaborating on the China-Arab friendship that has strengthened over thousands of years. He said that solidarity and mutual assistance are distinct features of the China-Arab friendship, equality and mutual benefits are constant drivers of their friendship, and that inclusiveness and mutual learning are key values inherent to the friendship. Xi proposed eight pragmatic cooperation initiatives in the areas of development support, food security, public health, green innovation, energy security, inter-civilizational dialogue, youth development, and security and stability to chart a path forward for building a closer China-Arab community of shared future.
The Summit issued three outcome documents: the Riyadh Declaration of the First China-Arab States Summit, the Outline of the Comprehensive Cooperation Plan Between the People's Republic of China and Arab States, and a document on Deepen- ing the Sino-Arab Strategic Partnership for Peace and Development. They clearly stated that making an all-out effort to build a China-Arab community of shared future for the new era is the common wish and goal for China and the Arab countries alike.
China and Arab countries account for about a quarter of the total population of the world, and they are important representatives of developing countries and important forces representing major civilizations on the international stage. The first summit between China and Arab countries exerted great international significance and far-reaching historical impact beyond the bilateral and regional scope, fully demonstrating that countries of different regions, cultures, and social systems can learn from each other and develop and prosper together.
中國—阿拉伯國家峰會
2022年12月，首屆中國—阿拉伯國家峰會在沙特首都利雅得舉行，習近平和20多位阿盟成員國領導人、國際組織負責人出席峰會。習近平在峰會上發表主旨講話，回顧中阿雙方源遠流長的友好交往史，提煉跨越千年、歷久彌堅的中阿友好精神，指出守望相助是中阿友好的鮮明特征， 平等互利是中阿友好的不竭動力，包容互鑒是中阿友好的價值取向。習近平提出支持發展、糧食安全、衛生健康、綠色創新、能源安全、文明對話、青年成才、安全穩定等中阿務實合作“八大共同行動”，為構建更加緊密的中阿命運共同體規劃了前進路徑。中阿峰會還發表了《首屆中阿峰會利雅得宣言》《中阿全面合作規劃綱要》《深化面向和平與發展的中阿戰略伙伴關系文件》三份成果文件，明確將全力構建面向新時代的中阿命運共同體作為中國和阿拉伯國家的共同意愿、目標、行動。
中國和阿拉伯國家人口約占世界人口總數的四分之一，作為發展中國家重要成員、國際舞臺上重要力量和兩大文明，中阿召開首屆峰會，具有超越雙邊和地區范疇的重大國際意義和深遠歷史影響，充分說明不同地區、不同文化、不同社會制度的國家完全可以相互包容借鑒、共同發展繁榮。
