On 19 December, Chen Ying, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the National Library of China (NLC) and Deputy Director of the NLC, met with H.E. Mr. Dr. Mohamed G. Shaikho, the ambassador of Bahrain to China.

Chen Ying welcomed H.E. Mr. Dr. Mohamed G. Shaikho and his delegation, introduced the general situation of the NLC, as well as two international cooperation projects of “China-Arab Library and Information Science Professionals Conference” and "The Silk Road International Library Alliance", and invited representatives from the Bahraini library community to come to China next year to participate in the relevant activities of these two projects. Chen Ying said that there was a good foundation for communication between the library communities of China and Bahrain, and she hoped that with the promotion of the Bahraini Embassy in China, the exchange and cooperation between the library communities of the two countries could reach a new level.

H.E. Mr. Dr. Mohamed G. Shaikho expressed his gratitude for the warm reception of the NLC, and reviewed the history of exchanges between China and Arab countries. He said that the exchanges between China and Arab countries had a long history, especially in the fields related to the "the Belt and Road". He hoped that the Chinese and Arabic library communities could strengthen cooperation in the fields of library collection development, Chinese and Arabic literature collation, and jointly promote the exchanges and development of libraries between the two countries.