On September 6, 2017, China High-tech and Equipment Exhibition, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the People‘s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, opened in Yinchuan. The exhibition is an important part of China-Arab States Expo 2017 and Forum of China-Arab States Technology Transfer and Innovation Cooperation Conference 2017.

With a duration of three days, the exhibition provides a space of 5,000 square meters for more than 120 projects of over 60 exhibitors, including the State Power Investment Corporation, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd., and National Deep-Sea Base Management Center. Focusing on the progress in science, technology and innovation during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the exhibition mainly presented to the Arab States China’s high-tech achievements and equipment in such areas as nuclear energy use, aerospace, intelligent manufacturing, new energy, biotechnology, resources and environment, medical devices, traditional Chinese medicine and modern agriculture.

During the exhibition, the China-Arab Technology Transfer Center also held matchmaking sessions on such themes as China-Arab cooperation in modern agricultural science and technology, science and technology cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Arab States, China-Arab cooperation in industrial science and technology, China-Arab solid state lighting and smart city cooperation, and China-Arab science and technology cooperation platform.