CMG holds dialog in Qatar on opportunities from China's development

China Media Group (CMG) on Wednesday held a dialog in Doha, Qatar, gathering nearly 100 guests and media representatives to discuss what opportunities China's development and opening up will bring to Qatar and how to advance practical bilateral cooperation.

The event is part of CMG's "China in Spring Time: Sharing Opportunities with the World" Global Dialog series.

During the dialog, Chinese representatives reaffirmed China's commitment as a builder of global common development to further expanding high-level opening up and sharing the enormous opportunities created by China's modernization progress.

Over the past few years, China-Qatar relations have achieved leapfrog development and have been elevated to a new level of strategic partnership, with bilateral cooperation expanded in economic cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.

Bachar Chebaro, general secretary of the Arab Publishers Association, said activities like CMG's Global Dialog series can help further deepen mutual understanding and explore opportunities in bilateral cooperation. "I have been to China at least five times and visited a lot of Chinese cities. I have witnessed the vigorous development of China's world-class industrial system. I deeply understand that dialog and exchanges are of great value in learning from China's development experience, not only for Arab countries but also for countries around the world," he said on the sidelines of the dialog.

At the event, a dozen Chinese and Qatari youths, including representatives from the Qatari government and universities and Chinese students and representatives of Chinese companies in Qatar, delved into such topics as artificial intelligence empowering technological innovation in both countries and the rising craze of China and the Chinese language in Qatar.

CMG's documentary "China: Race to the Future," Chinese animated blockbuster "Ne Zha 2," and the promotional video for the "China travel with Chinese films" program were played during the event.

CMG holds dialog in Qatar on opportunities from China's development

The number of multinational companies participating in the China Development Forum for the first time reached a record high this year, underscoring China's appeal as an attractive investment destination for foreign businesses.

The China Development Forum 2025 is being held on Sunday and Monday with the theme of "Unleashing Development Momentum for Stable Growth of Global Economy".

According to the organizer of the event, the forum has brought together 86 official representatives from multinational companies across 21 countries.

Notably, 17 multinationals from eight countries sent official representatives to the forum for the first time, accounting for almost 20 percent of the total number of participating companies.

The executives of many multinational enterprises have brought their latest plans to expand investment and establish research and development centers in China, as they expressed confidence in the country's innovation-friendly business environment.

"We are bringing technology. We are innovating in China. We are localizing in China. We are very committed to the Chinese market. And I was very happy to hear that China will continue this path and even accelerate," said Holger Klein, CEO of German auto supplier ZF Group.

"We are growing our research and development footprint. Our main R and D center here in Beijing has been massively expanded in the last few years, so we can more or less do anything that is necessary to create the high-tech automobile. And we opened a couple of years ago a second R and D center in Shanghai to get more access to the tech cluster in and around Shanghai as well," said Ola Kallenius, chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group.

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