Role of Civilizational Culture in Establishing a New Era in China–Arab States Economic Relations

On May 30, 2024, Beijing hosted the 10 th jubilee ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF). It intended to open broad horizons for developing China-Arab relationships, based on a common future and civilizational dialogues. Hence, the subject of the present study is constituted by analyzing the role of civilizational culture in establishing a new era in China — Arab states trade and economic relations. The purpose is to identify most significant features of the Chinese and Arab cultures and their relevant business practices, which could assist in navigating more easily while conducting cross-cultural business communications at the levels of states, companies, and individual entities. The relevance of the research relates to the growing importance of non-confrontational political, economic, and cultural tools of “soft power” in enhancing Beijing’s role across the MENA region. The scientific novelty of the article stems from the use of a vast variety of sources in Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, inaugurating some of them into scientific domain. The list of the methods includes comparative and systems analysis, as well as the empirical method of field research, sampling, observation, grouping, generalization, and systematization, following historical, convergent, and synergetic approaches . The results of the study enabled the authors to make recommendations about organizing future expert discussions and scientific publications with the comparative analysis of the Chinese and Arab cultures. The authors concluded that sharing common ethic fundamentals by the Chinese and Arabs could create a favorable ground for fulfilling the Arab dimension of China’s Global Civilization Initiative.