Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, met today (July 13) with Rumeyan, head of Saudi economic cooperation with China, president of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, and chairman of the Saudi National Oil Company.

Chen Jining said that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China drew up a grand blueprint for Chinese-style modernization. Our goal is to basically realize socialist modernization by 2035 and allow the people to live a better life. As China's economic center city and a frontier window for reform and opening up, Shanghai is accelerating the construction of international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation centers in accordance with the spirit of President Xi Jinping's important instructions, and giving full play to its leading role and demonstration in promoting Chinese-style modernization. role. Saudi Arabia is China's important strategic partner in the Middle East. Shanghai will conscientiously implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, further deepen the docking of development strategies on the basis of existing good cooperation and exchanges, strengthen strategic investment cooperation, jointly promote green and low-carbon transformation, and make greater local contributions to promoting the development of China-Saudi Arabia relations. Saudi companies and institutions are welcome to seize the opportunities of Shanghai's urban industrial transformation, consumption upgrading, and accelerated scientific and technological innovation, increase investment in Shanghai, and establish more cooperation platforms. We will unswervingly deepen high-level reform and opening up, continue to create a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment, and support global enterprises and institutions to achieve greater development in Shanghai.

Lu Meiyan said that Shanghai is China's economic center city, and carrying out economic and trade cooperation with Shanghai is an important part of promoting practical cooperation between Saudi Arabia and China. What I saw and heard during this trip was exciting and strengthened my determination and confidence in China's strategic investment cooperation in Shanghai and Shenzhen. We will further strengthen communication and exchanges through road shows and other activities, focus on key areas of industrial development to seek more cooperation opportunities, and better achieve mutual benefit. Win-win results.

City leader Li Zheng attended the meeting.

(Photo taken by Chen Zhengbao in this article)