On January 30, 2007, the Financial Times, the world's leading business newspaper, brought together over 200 senior decision-makers from China and the Gulf, including top government officials and regulators, for a major conference in Dubai focused on the opportunities and challenges generated by the very rapid growth in trade and investment between the two regions.

The FT China-Middle East Summit – organised at the Dubai International Financial Centre in association with First Eastern Investment Bank, the first Chinese bank licensed by the DIFC – produced a vibrant and stimulating discussion on one of the key aspects of the 'new Silk Road' that is transforming economic and business relations between Asia and the Middle East.

The Summary Report and speakers papers of this very successful Summit are now available here.

Pictures from the event are now available on the Photo Gallery page of this website.

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