CASCF was established in 2004 during a visit by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao to the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
[4]: 59 CASCF membership consists of China and the Arab League, which officially represents its twenty-two member states as a relatively unified body.
[4]: 60 The most prominent political issue advocated through CASCF is a Middle East peace process aimed at resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict (including the territorial disputes that Lebanon and Syria each have with Israel).
"[4]: 61 The action plan from the 2004 summit provides concrete detail, calling for strengthening the UN's peace process role and an independent state for Palestinians.
[4]: 62 In response to united pressure from the Arab states, CASCF agreed in 2010 to call specifically for an end of Israel's occupation in East Jerusalem.
[4]: 63 During the 2024 CASCF Summit, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping stated that a two-state solution must be upheld and that war must not continue indefinitely.
Both announcements were made in speeches given by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping that called for jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, China's global economic connectivity plan.
[6] During the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing in July 2018, Xi Jinping announced the $20 billion special loan for "economic reconstruction.