The China Daily newspaper  chinadaily  which is published in English, emphasized in a report published on the tenth of December the depth of relations between the Arab world and the People''s Republic of China, and that the translation movement between the Arabic and Chinese languages is witnessing a steady growth. The newspaper stated in its report that  the relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and China have opened up the field for the presence of the translated book and the pursuit to learn more about Chinese culture 

During the Riyadh International Book Fair in the capital of Saudi Arabia in October 2021, more than 300 copies of the first and second volumes of Xi Jinping: The vernance of China brought by his team early were sold, while major bookstore chains in the country ordered another 5,000 copies, said Al-Said..

In the 2022 Book Fair  in Riyadh from September 29 to October 8, China Intercontinental Press & Media brought about 3,000 copies of books from dozens of domestic publishing houses, as well as creative cultural products, according to Yang Xue, deputy director of the Company''s International Cooperation Department at the Publishing Center..

On October 4, during the book fair, the company and the Research and Inter-Knowledge Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia held a press conference to present and promote dozens of works, including books on Chinese literature and geography, and a biography of Pony Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent , one of them about the rule of law in China, and a book about the history of currency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yang says.

There is a memorandum signed in 2016 in which China and Saudi Arabia agreed to translate and publish classic, modern and contemporary works from each other..

The report adds that Arab readers want to know the ideas of Taoism and Confucianism, the ancient art of war, as well as the ideas of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and how China manages reform and opening up with miracle achievements in just four decades... Readers are eager to explore the cultural roots behind China''s rapid growth. ".

It was quite different from about a decade a, when there were few publishing exchanges between China and Arab countries. . 

On the other hand, and as the report explains, experts and business insiders say that China and Arab countries have established growing relations through books over the past decade..

Egyptian publisher and sinologist Ahmed El-Sayed recalled a moment at the Cairo International Book Fair, which is one of the largest fairs of its kind in the world, in February, during an interview with the Network for the Support of Chinese Culture Studies and Translation..

A reader, who admired the complete novel by Chinese author Liu Zhenyun, "Someone to Talk to" and the short story "Tapu" (referring to the name of a town in the plot), asked if they had an Arabic version of Liu''s latest work "Laughter and Tears: A Novel", which was published in July 2021 in China..

El-Sayed, whose company House of Wisdom Cultural Company has so far translated and published more than 1,000 books about China in the Arab world, noted that there is also a market demand for works by contemporary writers such as Yu Hua, Xue Zhixin, and Nobel laureate Mo Yan.. .

He says the best-sellers are those that present the traditional culture of China and modern ..

This systematic translation and publication mechanism with Arab countries – as the report shows – dates back to 2010, when China and the Arab League signed a memorandum to translate and publish 50 works, 25 for each side.. Yang says the mission has just been completed, and sales are stable and satisfactory..

In late October, China and Yemen signed a similar memorandum under which they expect to translate and publish 20 classic works from the two countries over the next five years..