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Dubai Chambers announced the signing of the four agreements during the Dubai Business Forum – China that it organised in Shenzhen. The MoUs were inked with the Beijing Chamber of International Commerce, the China Chamber of International Commerce Shenzhen Branch, the China Chamber of International Commerce Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce and the China Chamber of International Commerce Chongqing Chamber of Commerce. Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah, president and CEO of Dubai Chambers, signed three of the documents while Salem AlShamsi, executive vice president for international relations at the organisation, signed the fourth with the Shenzhen representative.
The agreements seek to build effective channels for cooperation between the respective business communities and to support companies in identifying trade and investment opportunities. According to a statement from Dubai Chambers, the partnerships reinforce the organisation’s role in developing relations with trade bodies across key international markets. Lootah signed the pacts with Zhang Jianwei, chairperson of the Beijing Chamber of International Commerce, Huang Xiaofeng, vice president of the Guangzhou chamber, and Deng Lin, vice chairwoman of the Chongqing chamber.
“We are committed to strengthening ties between Dubai’s business community and priority markets by building effective partnerships that support direct engagement between companies and create opportunities to explore promising trade and investment prospects,” Lootah said in the statement issued by Dubai Chambers. The forum provided a platform for direct engagement between Dubai and Chinese business leaders. Dubai Chambers described the MoUs as a means to deepen bilateral business relations.
Non-oil trade between Dubai and China reached AED 363.5 billion in 2025, a 23 percent increase from the prior year, according to figures cited by Arab News from Dubai Chambers. Cumulative non-oil trade between the two sides exceeded $571 billion from 2016 to 2025, with Dubai’s exports to China rising 25 percent and imports climbing 22.6 percent in 2025 alone. The data from Dubai Chambers places the growth in the context of long-term expansion that has seen the value increase more than 118 percent over the decade.
The number of active Chinese member companies registered with Dubai Chambers reached 6,650 by the end of September 2026, more than triple the total recorded in 2016, Dubai Chambers reported. A separate assessment by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre found that its Chinese business community grew 9.4 percent over the previous 12 months to more than 1,000 companies, with over 60 percent operating in energy, engineering, machinery, technology and telecommunications. These trends align with broader UAE-China non-oil trade that climbed to $111.5 billion in 2025, a 24.5 percent rise, according to figures referenced in reports from the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
Dubai Chambers has pursued a series of similar agreements with Chinese entities in recent months, including pacts with the China Machinery Industry Federation and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in Tianjin and Beijing, earlier announcements from the organisation show. The latest MoUs add to efforts aimed at supporting Chinese firms seeking to establish or expand operations in Dubai while assisting Dubai-based businesses in accessing Chinese markets. Lootah has previously emphasised the chambers’ focus on fostering high-impact partnerships across strategic sectors.
