H.E. Mr. Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, received Mr. Chen Daixing, Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Federation, as part of his visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain at the invitation of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - Investment and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO-ITPO). To discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence and other topics of common interest.

The Minister of Industry and Commerce highlighted the importance of promoting entrepreneurship among young people and encouraging innovation and investment in AI, pointing to the role of youth in economic development and innovation, and the necessity of providing support to enable them to develop their entrepreneurial projects, praising the role of the Shenzhen Federation, which is one of the most prominent global centers in the field of technology innovation.

Moreover, Mr. Chen Daixing, Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Federation, praised the support provided by the Kingdom of Bahrain in providing qualitative opportunities for technical exchange and cooperation in the field of research and development.

For his part Dr. Hashim Hussain, Head of the Investment and Technology Promotion Office of UNIDO, noted the role of the Kingdom of Bahrain in being the gateway to transforming existing industrial and commercial systems towards digitization and AI.