# From desert to opportunity: China-Egypt ties deepen across sectors

https://mins.news/en/item/43018

- CGTN, 2026-09-02 15:53 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-02/From-desert-to-opportunity-China-Egypt-ties-deepen-across-sectors-1Q7mph80npS/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> The China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone has grown over a decade into an industrial cluster of nearly 200 companies, creating about 10,000 jobs and attracting more than $4.7 billion in cumulative investment. Trade is expanding in both directions, including a sharp rise in Egyptian agricultural exports to China, while cooperation is spreading into solar power and greener development. Xi Jinping told Abdel Fattah El-Sisi that the two countries should deepen cooperation and advance a China-Egypt community with a shared future.

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