China Partnership Driven by Business Not Politics, Saudi Minister Says

(Davos, Switzerland) — Business is what’s driving closer partnerships between China and Saudi Arabia, not politics, Bandar Alkhorayef, the kingdom’s minister of industry and mineral resources, told Caixin.

“I’m a true believer that at the end of the day, business drives politics and not the other way around,” Alkhorayef said in an interview. The minister spoke to Caixin in the Swiss town of Davos on Jan. 16 after taking part in a World Economic Forum panel on industrial policy.