[1][2][3] In March 2021, the 155th session of the League of Arab States Council at the level of foreign ministers adopted a resolution on strengthening relations with China, one of the key elements of which was to once again welcome the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's hosting of the inaugural Arab-China Summit.

[6] On December 7, 2022, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced that at the invitation of King Salman of Saudi Arabia, President Xi Jinping will go to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 7 to 10 to attend the first China-Arab Summit, the summit of the China-Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States, and pay a state visit to Saudi Arabia.

[7][8] In addition to the visiting President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, the participating leaders were Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalif of Bahrain, Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, President Kais Saied of Tunisia, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, President Azali Assoumani of Comoros, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani of Iraq, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch of Morocco, Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane of Algeria, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon, as well as Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit of the Arab League and heads of other international organizations.

On December 9, the first China-Arab Summit was held at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Center in the Riyadh.

[11] The Summit issued the Outline of the Comprehensive Cooperation Program between the People's Republic of China and the Arab States and the Document on Deepening the Sino-Arab Strategic Partnership for Peace and Development.