Global Development Initiative (GDI)
Global South countries participate in 3rd Belt and Road Forum to assess progress

The third Belt and Road Forum, which was launched in 2013, is estimated to have surpassed over a trillion dollars in total value

China-Arab summit Chinese President Xi’s visit to Saudi Arabia comes with significant diplomatic overtures to Arab world 

President Xi Jinping’s visit to the region as been termed as “the largest and highest level diplomatic event between China and the Arab world.” China is already the largest trading partner of the GCC as a whole