Layan Amoudi, Chief Strategy Officer of Saudi Arabia's Naisma Infrastructure and Technology Company, faced the camera and opened with a fluent Chinese sentence, then went straight to the point - China brings not only products, but also technology, experience, and the future. This Saudi entrepreneur, who also serves as the chairman of the China Saudi Arabia Science and Technology Innovation Center, has just completed another inspection of China's smart factories. On his itinerary, the next stop has been marked as the artificial intelligence data center in Shenzhen.

Technological cooperation moves from buying and selling to co construction

Yanyan clearly stated that China Saudi Arabia economic and trade cooperation is moving from traditional trade and engineering contracting to deeper areas such as technology transfer, localized manufacturing, and joint investment. The current focus of the company's cooperation with Chinese enterprises is on four major areas: digital transformation, smart cities, infrastructure, and energy, including both technology introduction and customized development around local needs. The most ideal cooperation is not simply a buying and selling relationship, but rather Chinese companies bringing technology and solutions to work together with Saudi companies to make things happen.

China's technological cognition is reshaping

During his first visit to China in 2013, Yan was deeply impressed by the mature infrastructure and cashless payments, and China has never stopped surprising him since then. Nowadays, more and more Saudi government departments and enterprises realize that Chinese technology has high cost-effectiveness and efficiency, which can fully meet the needs of high standard projects. He specifically mentioned that during his visit to China's smart factories, robots almost completed sorting and handling without human intervention, and the entire process was as efficient and smooth as a science fiction movie. This supply chain automation capability also has promotional value in high-risk industrial scenarios. Keywords: the Belt and Road news, China Saudi Arabia cooperation, artificial intelligence

Saudi Arabia welcomes Chinese enterprises with open arms

As Saudi Arabia accelerates the construction of regional artificial intelligence centers, the demand for data centers and computing infrastructure is rapidly increasing. Yanyan pointed out that Saudi Arabia has unique advantages in geographical location, energy supply, and policy support, and welcomes Chinese investors who can bring employment, technology transfer, and localized manufacturing capabilities. In his view, Saudi Arabia's 2030 vision is highly consistent with the the Belt and Road Initiative. The cooperation between the two sides is moving from project level to capacity building, and the long-term interaction between technology and industry has just begun.Editor/Gao Xue