RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology met with a number of Saudi students on scholarships for training and education in the Chinese capital, Beijing. The meeting came at the conclusion of a tour by a Saudi delegation of the digital economy, space and innovation system, which included several cities in China, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. Abdullah Al-Swaha held talks with the scholarship students, in the presence of Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology Haitham Al-Ohali, and the Kingdom’s Ambassador to China Abdulrahman Al-Harbi. He expressed pride in the country’s students studying on scholarships, explaining the importance of human capital in light of the Saudi Vision 2030 and the human capacity development program. He said youth and women were among the main pillars for achieving the Kingdom’s ambition. During the meeting, he briefed the students on updates on the digital economy, the research, development and innovation sector, the space sector, and the Kingdom’s ambitions in each sector, which requires preparing a generation capable of competing globally in the fields of science, engineering, mathematics and technology.