Chinese State Body Lands US$54m Saudi Surveying Contract in Latest Sign of Warming Tie

South China Morning Post

19 October 2020

This article was also republished in Yahoo News.

A state-run Chinese organisation has landed a US$54 million surveying contract in Saudi Arabia, bringing Beijing a step closer to a key energy supplier. The deal, the largest of its kind, is the latest sign of warming relations between Beijing and Riyadh. “It is the beginning of a great cooperative relationship between the two sides and will surely open up new cooperative areas for both countries,” said Zhong Ziran, president of China Geological Survey (CGS). The Chinese contract marked deepening energy and also strategic cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia, amid uncertain US-Saudi ties, said Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow at RSIS. “The Saudi-US relationship is shaky at the moment, and especially unclear ahead of the election,” he said.

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