The expo featured the council meeting of the China-Arab Countries Inter-Bank Association, the Silk Road E-Commerce innovation and development conference, and other events on meteorology, standardization and intellectual property, the first of its kind in the expo's history, which will give a fresh boost to cooperation between China and Arab states, he added.

"Next year, the second China-Arab States Summit will be hosted in China," Guo said, adding that China stands ready to work with Arab states to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, carry out "eight major cooperation initiatives" for practical cooperation and "five cooperation frameworks", write a new chapter for common development, and promote the building of a China-Arab community with a shared future.

Xinhua