--- title: "Event | Middle East 3-Country Gold Rush Study Tour — Unique AI Camp Apr 28–May 5, Signup Open" author: "Unique Research" sourcePublication: "Unique Research (FFCAP English library)" originalPublishedAt: "2024-04-03T21:05:00+08:00" canonical: "https://ffcap.cn/en/research/20240403a0a2m200" source: "https://ffcap.cn/en/research/20240403a0a2m200" language: "en" cnSourceUrl: "https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20240403A0A2M200" --- # Event | Middle East 3-Country Gold Rush Study Tour — Unique AI Camp Apr 28–May 5, Signup Open _Unique Research · Event signup · April 3, 2024_ The Middle East is a key Belt and Road pivot for China. Bilateral trade keeps growing; cumulative two-way investment exceeds **$380 billion**. Alibaba cross-border e-commerce data: for Jan–Aug 2023 vs the same period 2022, China’s top three export-destination growth rates were Africa (**71.1%**), Central & South America (**49.2%**), and the Middle East (**39%**). Tongcheng Travel data for the same window: fastest growth in Chinese travelers’ flight/hotel bookings went to the Middle East (**141%**), Africa (**140%**), and Central & South America (**120%**). Under Saudi Arabia’s **Vision 2030**, Middle East innovation and growth potential is large, with accelerators, financing, and sponsorship for firms worldwide. Vision 2030 stresses AI’s role in diversifying an oil-dependent economy. Heavy investment flows into smart-city programs and AI-driven healthcare innovation. Middle East countries are in a critical window of economic diversification and digital transformation; AI supports and accelerates that shift. Ambition is especially clear in Saudi Arabia and the UAE using AI to drive innovation and growth. Media report: the Saudi government plans a fund of about **$40 billion** to invest in AI — if formed, it would make Saudi Arabia the world’s largest AI investor. ## AIM 2024 — Abu Dhabi, May 7–9 **May 7–9, 2024** hosts the UAE’s **Annual Investment Meeting (AIM)**, initiated by the AIM Foundation — a global investment conference in the UAE. Theme: adapting to a continuously changing investment environment and unlocking new potential for global economic development. Six pillars: FDI, foreign portfolio investment, future cities, digital economy, SMEs, startups. 2024 also features a dedicated China investment forum and a Belt and Road focus forum — helping Chinese firms sense Middle East investment markets and industry circles, partner with known institutions and enterprises, understand outbound policy, and open channels. ## Unique AI study camp with Partner Wu Di Join Unique Capital Partner **Wu Di (吴荻)** on a Middle East gold-rush and AI exploration trip: **8 days / 6 nights** deep into Saudi Arabia and the UAE — **“two countries, three core cities”** — from Chinese outbound to giant investment, from policy direction to local customs, exploring this still-under-cultivated land. Camp window in the Chinese title: **April 28 – May 5**. ## Trip highlights - **3 representative Middle East landmarks** — feel the real Middle East and sense the business environment. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the region’s main markets; Jeddah (Saudi) plus Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE) are among the fastest-growing city samples for market study. - **7 visit themes** — full-spectrum look at Middle East potential and gold-rush opportunity: - **Government links** — what direction and policy support does the Middle East offer Chinese outbound firms? - **Cross-border go-global** — under Vision 2030, which outbound opportunities and advantages for Chinese industries? - **Artificial intelligence** — how can Chinese AI companies deeply join Middle East tech progress and capture value? - **Capital / LPs** — how to connect with Middle East sovereign funds and investors on financing goals? - **Digital cities** — under dual-carbon vision, opportunities for China–Middle East smart-city building and cooperation? - **Era opportunity** — how Chinese entrepreneurs seize the moment and open a new Middle East chapter? - **Looking ahead** — how geopolitics and tech innovation will shape the Middle East’s future? - **1 global investment conference** — Abu Dhabi · **May 7–9, 2024** · 13th UAE AIM - **10+ known Middle East government & enterprise visits** — precise gov/enterprise links for outbound and gold-rush opportunity - **1 leading Arab-world university** exchange - **5 landmark cultural visits** ## Planned visits (gov / enterprise / orgs) - **Saudi Aramco** — Saudi national oil company; world’s largest market-cap firm - **Huawei Saudi** — Chinese national champion sharing local gov-business and startup landing intel - **Yida Capital (易达资本)** — helps Chinese leading firms go global; shares investment plans for AI and other tech innovators - **Dubai Chamber Innovation Center** — helps Chinese AI and tech innovators enter Dubai - **Chicpoint** — leading Chinese e-commerce platform successfully outbound to Saudi; how to ride the AI wave - **J&T Express (极兔速递)** — global integrated logistics; adapting to Middle East consumer markets - **SenseTime (商汤科技)** — AI tech landing in Dubai - **TikTok** — among Top 3 social apps by UAE user spend - **Hai Guo Tu Zhi Research Institute (海国图智研究院)** — listed among global best for “AI policy & strategy research” - **China–Arab Capacity Cooperation Demonstration Park** — currently the only clearly designated Belt and Road capacity-cooperation park at national level - **Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)** — UAE government body attracting and promoting investment; shares layout for future Chinese AI tech and other hot directions - **Mubadala** — Middle East’s 5th-largest sovereign wealth fund; in the UAE second only to ADIA; AUM **$276 billion** (about **¥2 trillion**) - **“The Line” / NEOM** future-city exhibition visit ## University & landmarks **King Saud University** — one of Saudi Arabia’s oldest and most prestigious universities. - **Ad Dir’iyah (德拉伊耶古城)** — pearl of the Saudi dynasty; UNESCO World Heritage At-Turaif District - **Museum of the Future, Dubai** — among the world’s 14 most beautiful museums - **Palm Jumeirah** — world’s largest artificial island group; often called the “eighth wonder” - **Burj Khalifa** — world’s tallest building; Dubai panorama - **Dubai Mall** — Dubai’s leading fashion shopping destination ## Detailed itinerary & registration _Day-by-day schedule and signup channel were image-only in the original Chinese post (text ends at “Detailed itinerary:”). No registration URL or fee table was extractable — do not invent. Refer to CN article images (incl. QR) for the full calendar and signup path._ _20 CN tour/partner/itinerary images; attach on ingest._ — END — --- Editorial English edition published on UniqueCapital: https://ffcap.cn/en/research/20240403a0a2m200 On-site reading page: https://ffcap.cn/en/research/20240403a0a2m200