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Global Digital Trade Expo opens in China with UAE

participation

• Thursday, September 25, 2025 12:21 PM
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HANGZHOU, 25th September, 2025 (WAM) -- The fourth Global Digital Trade Expo opened on
Thursday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, with the UAE taking part as an official Guest of Honour
alongside Indonesia.

The opening ceremony was attended by Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, UAE Ambassador to
China; Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Tourism and head
of the UAE delegation; Muhannad Sulaiman Al Naqbi, UAE Consul-General in Shanghai; as well as
senior officials, representatives of government entities and national companies.

In his address, Al Saleh underscored the importance of the event in strengthening global economic
cooperation, particularly in digital trade, which he described as a driver of growth and sustainable
development. He thanked China for inviting the UAE as the Guest of Honour and praised the
organisation of the expo.

Al Saleh said UAE-China ties had expanded significantly over the past four decades, making the
UAE China’s top non-oil trading partner in the Middle East and Africa and a gateway for more than

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