On December 25, 2014, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming met with a delegation of experts and scholars from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Kuwait, which was visiting China at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. The two sides exchanged views on China-Arab relations,communications between Chinese and Arab think tanks and other issues.

Chen Xiaodong, Director-General of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, exchanged views with the delegation on China's foreign policy and relevant hotspot issues in the Middle East.