(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-PENG LIYUAN-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-BANQUET (CN)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-PENG LIYUAN-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-BANQUET (CN)

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan welcome Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Ras Al Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), before a banquet for distinguished guests attending the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2023. Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan on Tuesday hosted a banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to welcome guests who are in China to attend the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-UAE-SUPREME COUNCIL MEMBER-ARRIVAL (CN)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-UAE-SUPREME COUNCIL MEMBER-ARRIVAL (CN)

(231016) -- BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Ras Al Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), arrives in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2023. Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi will attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-UAE-SUPREME COUNCIL MEMBER-ARRIVAL (CN)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-UAE-SUPREME COUNCIL MEMBER-ARRIVAL (CN)

(231016) -- BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An airplane carrying Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Ras Al Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), lands in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2023. Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi will attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-UAE-SUPREME COUNCIL MEMBER-ARRIVAL (CN)

(BRF2023)CHINA-BEIJING-BELT AND ROAD FORUM-UAE-SUPREME COUNCIL MEMBER-ARRIVAL (CN)

(231016) -- BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Ras Al Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), arrives in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2023. Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi will attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

Company trying to revive UAE as 'country of pearls

Company trying to revive UAE as 'country of pearls

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates - Daiji Imura retrieves a pearl from an oyster at a pearl farm in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Oct. 5.