On September 26, 2025, Vice Secretary-General Ji Yongjun of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) attended the launch ceremony of the "Glimpses of the Ancient North Arabian Kingdoms" exhibition in Zhengzhou. Shuweiler, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Ambassador to China; Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Vice President of Culture at the Royal Commission for Al-Ula, RCU; Zhang Huiming, Deputy Director of the Henan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics; as well as representatives from the Henan People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Zhengzhou Foreign Affairs Office, and the Zhengzhou Bureau of Cultural Relics, attended the launching ceremony.
The exhibition showcases a curated selection of the most iconic cultural relics from the Al-Ula region, displayed in comparison with Chinese artifacts from the same period. This comparative display vividly highlights the cultural and artistic similarities between the oasis civilization of the Arabian Peninsula and the agricultural civilization of the Yellow River basin, offering a profound exploration of the shared and coexisting nature of human civilization.
