▶▶▶Abundant achievements

▶▶▶ Strong power

At present, six GCC member states have signed cooperation documents with China to jointly build the" the Belt and Road ". The joint construction of" the Belt and Road "projects undertaken by Chinese enterprises are all over the GCC countries -

Wang Jin: China and the GCC countries promote the joint construction of the" the Belt and Road ", which is driven by the strong complementarity between the two sides. On the one hand, the GCC countries, relying on their own energy and economic advantages, are committed to promoting the upgrading of domestic industries and building a more efficient economic development model; on the other hand, China has achieved remarkable development achievements through reform and opening up, and is willing to share their own development experience with the global southern countries, including the GCC countries. In this context, the two sides take the joint construction of the" the Belt and Road "as an opportunity to strengthen the docking of development strategies and constantly promote the deepening and implementation of cooperation in various fields

Sun Degang: The attraction of jointly building the" the Belt and Road "to GCC countries mainly stems from two aspects: first, China's development and the collective rise of Asian countries form huge development opportunities, attracting the Gulf Arab countries to" look east "; second, China's manufacturing industry is developed and the market is broad, forming complementary advantages with the rich sovereign wealth funds of GCC countries. GCC countries hope to seize the dividends of China's rapid development and further enhance their influence in Asia

▶▶▶ Mutual benefit and win-win situation

Wang Jin: Taking the opportunity of jointly building the" the Belt and Road ", the cooperation between China and the GCC countries not only helps the two sides to tighten the ties of friendly relations, but also drives the deepening of cooperation between China and the entire Middle East region. At the same time, it helps to strengthen cooperation within the Arab world, especially among the Arab countries in the Gulf, and lays a solid foundation for building a stable and orderly regional order

It is worth noting that with the collective rise of Asian countries and the rise of the power of the global South, China's initiative to jointly build the" the Belt and Road "extends westward, echoing the strategy of" looking east "of GCC countries, and the two sides actively explore new ways of cooperation with third-party markets. Among them, the cooperation model of China GCC ASEAN is of great exemplary significance. This is not only cooperation between the global South, but also cooperation within the Asian region, but also an innovative attempt of" bilateral linkage+small multilateral collaboration ", which is conducive to promoting the construction of more independent industrial chains, supply chains and value chains of the global South countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, releasing new opportunities for regional cooperation, and promoting the formation of more equitable, A more resilient global development pattern

The article is sourced from the overseas edition of People's Daily.