Recently, the Asia Pacific Smart Supply Chain Center and two major local industrial platforms in Saudi Arabia officially signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation. At the signing ceremony, representatives from both sides shook hands and greeted each other, marking the shift of China Saudi Arabia industrial docking from scattered exchanges to normalized and institutionalized cooperation. From domestic high-quality manufacturing capacity to the landing demand in the Middle East market, a two-way empowering industrial channel is opening up, providing a practical cooperation channel for Chinese enterprises to layout in Saudi Arabia and even the entire Middle East market.

Establishment of a tripartite cooperation mechanism

The Asia Pacific Regional Smart Supply Chain Center is based in China and radiates to the Asia Pacific region. It has long been deeply involved in cross-border supply chain services, intelligent manufacturing support, industrial project incubation, scientific and technological innovation transformation, and international market development, gathering a large number of high-quality domestic manufacturing enterprises, scientific and technological innovation achievements, and industrial project resources. Saudi cooperative institutions are local professional industrial operators, deeply involved in Saudi Arabia's domestic industrial upgrading, technology localization, industrial project landing, and investment attraction. They have rich local industrial supporting facilities, government and enterprise channels, and investment institution resources in the Middle East. This strategic cooperation focuses on three major directions: the transformation of scientific and technological innovation intellectual property rights, the landing of industrial manufacturing projects, and the development of two-way product markets, promoting the exchange and sharing of industrial resources between the two sides.

Full process implementation guarantee

During the discussion and signing of the agreement, both parties had a thorough exchange of views on the matter of landing at sea. Saudi cooperation institutions will leverage their local resource advantages to provide comprehensive localization support for Chinese enterprises to explore the Middle East market, covering market standard adaptation and channel expansion, supporting industrial project landing, promoting the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, as well as local capital and industrial resource business docking. The platform will help domestic entities to better adapt to the local business environment and promote the steady commercial operation of projects. China will rely on its strong domestic industrial foundation to export advanced technology, manufacturing capacity, and mature supply chain solutions, while Saudi Arabia will fully leverage its local advantages to provide full process implementation support. During the cooperation period, both parties will fully communicate and adjust, and jointly discuss deepening long-term strategic cooperation based on actual docking results. Keywords: the Belt and Road news and information, industrial cooperation, digitalization, international

Bilateral empowerment of industries in China and Saudi Arabia

This strategic cooperation is an important step for the Asia Pacific Smart Supply Chain Center to expand overseas international cooperation and layout the Middle East market. By leveraging the respective resource endowments and professional service capabilities of both parties, we aim to establish a pathway for domestic scientific and technological innovation, manufacturing, and commercial industries to connect with the Saudi Arabian and Middle Eastern markets, and assist in the overseas development of domestic technology, products, and production capacity. By building a stable and efficient two-way cooperation bridge between China and Saudi Arabia, further promoting industrial synergy and commercial exchanges, laying a solid foundation for future deep cooperation in multiple fields, and achieving two-way empowerment and mutual benefit. With the deepening of Saudi Arabia's 2030 vision, China's manufacturing and technological innovation capabilities are accelerating to meet the industrial upgrading needs of the Middle East market. The cooperation space between the two sides in industrial manufacturing, scientific and technological innovation transformation, supply chain coordination and other fields continues to expand.Editor/Gao Xue