Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a pair of regional summits in Saudi Arabia this week amid efforts to kick-start economic growth weighed down by strict anti-Covid-19 measures. The Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 that Xi will attend the inaugural China-Arab States Summit and a meeting with leaders of the six nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. His state visit to Saudi Arabia will end on Saturday, December 10. China is the world’s second largest economy and a major source of outward investment. To fuel massive demand, it imports half its oil, of which half of those imports come from Saudi Arabia, amounting to tens of billions of dollars annually.
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