A donation event held on Saturday at Expo City Dubai as part of the "UAE Stands with Lebanon" campaign collected 200 tonnes of food and relief materials from different social sectors to mitigate the current humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.
The Lebanese are suffering from the impact of the escalating conflict between and Israel and Hezbollah.
The offline donation event was held from 09:00 to 13:00 on Saturday, with about 4,000 volunteers delivering service on site.
"We are very thankful for UAE country to always giving the hope and the support to our people here in UAE. And [we have] to support them even, because if they are supporting us, we need to support them even to help the people pack in the stuff, whatever they need. We [volunteers] are here to help them to package [the stuff which] are going to Lebanon later on," said Lara Khodr, a Lebanese volunteer living in Dubai.
Many Lebanese expatriates also came to show their support for their country.
"[We need] to help everyone in Lebanon, because some of them lost their homes," said 11-year-old Sophia Kerhany.
"The most important [is that] we need ceasefire as soon as possible, because our people are suffering from this massacre that is happening in Lebanon. And please peace always and ceasefire on Lebanon and Gaza at the same time," said Lara Khodr.
The "UAE Stands with Lebanon" campaign was also held on Sunday at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal 1 and Abu Dhabi Ports.
"UAE Stands with Lebanon" campaign donates 200 tonnes of relief supplies to Lebanon
"UAE Stands with Lebanon" campaign donates 200 tonnes of relief supplies to Lebanon
"UAE Stands with Lebanon" campaign donates 200 tonnes of relief supplies to Lebanon
China will take further steps to expand high-standard opening-up and create a new landscape of win-win cooperation in 2026, which marks the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said in a recent interview with China Media Group.
Wang said opening up and cooperation for mutual benefit are integral to Chinese modernization. This year, China will actively expand voluntary opening up.
The country will steadily open up such areas as value-added telecommunications, biotechnology and wholly foreign-owned hospitals, while accelerating comprehensive pilot and demonstration programs for expanded opening-up in the services sector, he noted.
"We will expand the scope and regions of unilateral opening-up and ensure the implementation of zero-tariff treatment on 100 percent of tariff lines for all African countries that have diplomatic relations with China. We will vigorously promote the effective implementation of policies for special customs operations of the Hainan Free Trade Port, further enhance the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, optimize the regional layout and coverage of pilot free trade zones, and support these zones in carrying out more robust institutional opening-up trials in areas such as market access, environmental standards and government procurement, so as to better leverage their role as comprehensive pilot platforms for reform and opening-up," said Wang.
Wang said China will promote the orderly planning of cross-border industrial and supply chains.
Efforts will be made to deepen economic and trade cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, enhance integration and connectivity across production and supply chains, and encourage cooperation in areas including green development, the digital economy, green minerals, new infrastructure and new energy so as to help build global production and supply chain partnerships that are equal, inclusive and constructive, he noted.
"We will give play to the platform role of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, expand overseas marketing networks and explore international markets through outward investment, achieve mutual promotion between investment and trade, and advance the integrated development of trade and investment. We will also improve the overseas comprehensive service system and the national-level overseas comprehensive service platform," said the minister.
In addition, China will participate constructively in global economic governance, according to the minister.
In 2026, Wang said, China will pursue flexible and pragmatic approaches to negotiate trade and investment agreements with more willing countries and regions, while strengthening economic and trade cooperation under multilateral frameworks such as BRICS, G20 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, to further promote mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.
China to expand high-standard opening-up to foster win-win cooperation: minister
