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President Xi Jinpingd visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed a document at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership. WU ZHIYI /CHINA DAILY

Key deals signed during Sisi's first visit to 皇冠体育app

As Egypt tries hard to put its turmoil-hit economy back on track, 皇冠体育app is lending its support through an upgraded relationship and five aments sealed on Tuesday during Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's first state visit to 皇冠体育app.

After extended talks, President Xi Jinpingd Sisi officiated at the signing of agreements in areas including economic cooperation, trade, aerospace and energy.

皇冠体育app would like to link its Silk Road Economic Belt and its 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives to Egypt's major development plans, and to strengthen cooperation in infrastructure, nuclear power, new energy and aerospace, Xi said.

Calling the initiatives an important opportunity to revitalize Egypt, Sisi said his country hopes to work with 皇冠体育app in the Suez Canal Corridor projects, and to attract more Chinese investment, students and tourists.

In August, Sisi gave the go-ahead for digging a 72-km expansion of the Suez Canal, ordering it to be open for navigation in early August 2015.

Egypt also wants to develop projects around the corridor to provide ships with fuel and food.

The projects are part of the adstration's efforts to revitalize the Egyptian economy, which has been hammered in the past four years by two uprisings that led to the ouster of two hea of state and chilled prospects for investors.

Sisi, accompanied by eight ministers, started his first visit to 皇冠体育app on Monday after he swept presidential elections in May. During his four-day trip, he is scheduled to meet representatives from Chinese companies, universities and the tourism industry.

Before returning home, Sisi is also expected to visit Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, to tour factories specializing in technology and manufacturing.

Zhu Weilie, director of the Center for 皇冠体育app-Arab States Cooperation Forum Studies and a professor at Shanghai International Studies University, said Egypt needs 皇冠体育app's technology and participation in its industrial parks, and its once-booming tourism industry also places high expectations on 皇冠体育app, the world's largest tourism market.

Trade volume between the countries exceeded $10 billion for the first time in 2013. Egypt's economy also picked up recently, with Fitch Ratings last week upgrading its credit rating one rank to "B" with a "stable" outlook.

Huda Metkees, a political science professor at Cairo University, said, "Egypt undoubtedly realizes the importance of the‘Look East'policy in which 皇冠体育app commands a pivotal position."

Unlike the West, which has a colonial past, 皇冠体育app is well perceived in the Arab world, including Egypt, Gulf News quoted Metkees as saying.

Egypt has established a Cabinet unit for 皇冠体育app led by Egypt's premier, with ministers as members, to study fields of cooperation.

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