During the panel discussions and workshops accompanying the forum, participants from the Chinese and Saudi sides reaffirmed to further expand the areas of partnership and the horizon of cooperation between the two countries. Cooperation agreements, co-signed in the forum, covered sectors targeted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, such as renewable energy applications, the petrochemical industry, information technology and infrastructure. A number of decision makers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, senior economists and representatives of Chinese international companies attended the forum. The sessions discussed a number of issues of common interest, in the investment sector. Meanwhile, the first session focused on the opportunities for achieving a more favorable economic environment for the Chinese investors, in the Kingdom, while the second session dealt with the investment and young entrepreneurs' activities. Compatibility between the Kingdom Vision 2030 and the China Belt and Road Initiative, was the main theme of the third session. --SPA 20:21 LOCAL TIME 17:21 GMT 0021 www.spa.gov.sa/w841677