市委外办主任曹赛先会见迪拜酋长办公室迪拜理事会秘书处主任阿卜杜拉

　　曹赛先主任对阿卜杜拉先生一行访深表示欢迎，并介绍了深圳最新经济社会发展情况。她谈道，2018年，深圳与迪拜间开通直航，同年双方缔结为友好交流城市。近年来，深圳与阿联酋高层互访不断，各领域务实合作取得积极进展，期待与迪拜在经贸、金融、科创、先进制造、文旅等领域继续加强交流、深化合作。

　　Director General Cao welcomed the delegation and briefed the group on the latest developments of Shenzhen. She mentioned that in 2018, Shenzhen opened direct flights and became the friendship city with Dubai. In recent years, Shenzhen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have seen frequent exchange of high-level visits, with encouraging progress in practical cooperation across the board between the two sides. We hope, she added, that Shenzhen and Dubai continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation in such areas as trade, finance, technology, advanced manufacturing, culture and tourism.

　　阿卜杜拉先生感谢曹赛先主任的热情接待。他说，迪拜和深圳都在40多年间创造了高速发展的奇迹，两座城市具有诸多相似之处，双方交流空间广阔、合作潜力巨大。他表示，迪拜酋长办公室将持续推进与深圳的友好交流合作，推动迪拜政府高层和企业团体等来深访问，学习交流有关经验，丰富友好交流城市关系内涵，促进两地人民相互了解。

　　Director Abdulla thanked Director General Cao for her warm hospitality. He said that over the past 40-plus years, both Dubai and Shenzhen have created the miracle of rapid development, sharing many similarities and enjoying great potential for exchanges and cooperation. TEO, he noted, will remain committed to advancing its friendly exchanges and cooperation with Shenzhen, including facilitating Dubai's high-level officials and corporate executives to visit Shenzhen and mutual learning on development experience, in a bid to enrich Dubai-Shenzhen friendship city relations and enhance the mutual understanding between the two peoples.