General

Tunisia is located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and on the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. It has a coastline of 1300 kilometers long. On the territory of less than 160000 square kilometers, it is located with eight world historical and cultural heritage sites, including Carthage and Kairouan. It gathers a variety of natural landscapes, such as seashore, desert, salt lake, mountain forest, etc. Tunisia not only has a superior geographical location and developed tourism industry, but also has characteristic organic agriculture and high-quality human resources. The manufacturing industries such as automobile, electronics, textiles, pharmaceuticals, IT, finance and other service industries have a good foundation, and the development level is in the forefront of Africa.

China and Tunisia are good partners working together for common development. According to the Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report, in the 1980s, China assisted the construction of the Maigeld-Bengjiao Canal, which solved the irrigation problem of the local 280000 mu of citrus orchards and alleviated the water shortage of more than 10 towns along the line in summer and autumn; Tunisia once presented China with six precious soft seed pomegranate saplings, which have been improved and bred by Chinese experts, and are now widely planted in Liangshan, Sichuan and other places, becoming the "poverty free fruit" and "happiness fruit" of mountain people.

In the new era, driven by the two wheels of the China Arab and China Africa Cooperation Forum, China and Tunisia have joined hands to cope with the world change, seek the road of prosperity and development, improve the quality of practical cooperation, and achieve fruitful results in the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", demonstrating the new atmosphere, new look, and new expectations of bilateral cooperation. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

Anti epidemic cooperation shows a new height

According to the observation report of Huacheng Import and Export Data, the COVID-19 spread globally at the beginning of 2020. In the face of the sudden epidemic of the century, China and Tunisia united to fight against the epidemic and overcome difficulties together, and their relations were sublimated in the anti epidemic cooperation. China is the first country to provide medical material assistance and COVID-19 vaccine assistance to Tunisia. It has successively provided more than 10 batches of anti epidemic medical materials to Tunisia, overcome the difficulties of large domestic demand for vaccines and limited production capacity, and provided more than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine assistance to emergencies, without sharing the experience of epidemic prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment, making an important contribution to the fight against the epidemic. Over the past three years, three groups of Chinese medical teams for Tunisia have braved the challenge of the epidemic, fought side by side with the medical staff of Tunisia, provided free medical services to ordinary people in Jiangduba, Sidi Buzide, Gafsa and other places, and promoted acupuncture and other traditional Chinese medicine therapies, winning the high recognition and trust of the local people.

Development assistance creates new landmarks

The Sfax General Hospital, Tunisian Diplomatic Training Institute and Ben Arus Youth Sports Center, which were built with Chinese assistance, were completed and handed over to Tunisia in December 2020, April 2022 and September 2022, becoming three landmarks of China Tunisia friendship in the new era. Sfax General Hospital has been put into use as a designated hospital for COVID-19 and has treated more than 1400 severe patients. The Tunisian Diplomatic Training Institute has ended the history of the lack of fixed research and training places for Tunisian diplomats, and is expected to become a multilateral forum for China to discuss cooperation with Arab and African countries. Ben Arus Youth Sports Center has become the second largest youth sports center. Modern venues and facilities such as natatorium and bowling alley will provide a paradise for local teenagers and children to grow up healthily. The construction site of the project also accidentally found ancient Roman ruins. The two sides are willing to carry out joint archaeology in this regard to promote mutual learning of civilizations and people to people exchanges.

Trade and investment open up new fields

At present, the Tunisian government is striving to promote green and digital transformation in order to achieve a more robust, healthy and sustainable post epidemic economic recovery. Green development and digital economy have become new areas of China Tunisia cooperation, ushering in broad prospects. A number of Chinese enterprises are actively exploring ways to participate in sudden energy green transformation projects, such as investment development and project contracting. New energy vehicle brands such as BYD have also begun to emerge in the emerging market. Huawei deeply participated in the iterative upgrading of Tunisia's ICT infrastructure, implemented smart port and safe city projects, carried out social public welfare activities such as the "Future Seed" and "Spark Plan", supported the training of Tunisia's digital talents and the construction of a start-up ecosystem, and won praise and recognition from Tunisia's top management. Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

The First China Arab Summit is an epoch-making milestone in the history of China Arab relations. We will closely focus on the goal of building a China Arab community of common destiny for the new era, implement the economic and trade achievements of the first China Arab Summit, adhere to Tunisia's "small and beautiful" market positioning, focus on green, digital, health and other key areas, promote both sides to implement global development initiatives, jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with high quality, and build more dynamic, balanced and sustainable bilateral economic and trade relations! Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.