Dubai free zone DMCC has recorded greater than 16 per cent progress in Chinese language companies becoming a member of its neighborhood over the previous 12 months, bringing the full to greater than 1,000 corporations.
DMCC introduced the milestone throughout its newest “Made For Commerce Stay” (MFTL) roadshow to China, which hosted occasions within the Yangtze River Delta cities of Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou—three of the nation’s fastest-growing centres for expertise and superior manufacturing.
Double-digit progress 5 years
DMCC highlighted its rising position as a regional launchpad for China’s innovation-driven enterprises, attaining double-digit annual progress in Chinese language corporations for 5 consecutive years – together with 19 per cent in 2022, 21 per cent in 2023, and 17 per cent in 2024.
Expertise-focused corporations specialising in synthetic intelligence (AI), blockchain, Web3, and digital infrastructure drove the newest 16 per cent enhance.
DMCC now hosts greater than 130 Chinese language expertise corporations inside a broader neighborhood of over 3,400 tech corporations, offering a purpose-built platform for world enlargement via Dubai.
China is UAE’s largest buying and selling associate
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Govt Chairman and CEO of DMCC, stated the expansion displays deepening financial collaboration between the UAE and China.
He stated: “China is now the UAE’s largest buying and selling associate, with bilateral commerce exceeding $102bn final 12 months, and that determine projected to double by 2030.
“This progress is underpinned by deeper cooperation throughout commerce, funding, and innovation – significantly in AI and different frontier applied sciences, the place China has seen fast progress lately.
“We now have seen this momentum firsthand with double-digit annual progress in Chinese language corporations becoming a member of DMCC for 5 straight years, together with greater than 16 per cent previously 12 months.
“Immediately, DMCC is dwelling to greater than 1,000 Chinese language corporations – over 135 of them in expertise – as we proceed to refine our price proposition because the district of alternative for bold Chinese language corporations increasing globally from Dubai.”
China–UAE innovation ties
Throughout the roadshow, greater than 750 Chinese language enterprise leaders attended periods targeted on AI, blockchain, and tokenised belongings – areas of accelerating strategic alignment between the UAE and China.
The occasion comes as bilateral relations broaden past commerce into co-investment, innovation, and world market integration. DMCC’s position has develop into pivotal on this transition, accounting for 15 per cent of Dubai’s annual overseas direct funding (FDI) inflows and contributing round 7 per cent of the emirate’s GDP.
China’s world enlargement
As each international locations strengthen collaboration via BRICS+ and deepen their deal with the digital financial system, DMCC positions itself to drive the following wave of Chinese language world enlargement.
The district continues to draw China’s most dynamic expertise, manufacturing, and providers corporations, underscoring Dubai’s place as a gateway for commerce, funding, and innovation between East and West.
