Chinese Power Boosts AI in the Middle East: Huawei, Tencent Cloud, and Wondershare Empower Regional Digital Transformation

Recently, GITEX GLOBAL 2025, the world’s leading technology event, concluded successfully at the Dubai World Trade Center in the UAE. The exhibition brought together more than 6,800 technology companies from over 180 countries, showcasing breakthroughs and commercial achievements in the field of artificial intelligence. At this event, hailed as a "barometer of global digital economic development," approximately 300 Chinese tech companies, including Huawei, Tencent Cloud, China Mobile, iFLYTEK, and AIGC software A-share listed company Wondershare Technology (300624.SZ), attracted significant attention for their innovative accomplishments in areas such as artificial intelligence, cloud services, and digital creativity, highlighting China's rapid rise in the global technology sector.

This year's GITEX GLOBAL focused on topics such as the development of AI infrastructure, global innovation acceleration, and AI-driven sustainable economic growth, reflecting the Middle East's determination to accelerate its transition to an AI-native society. During the exhibition, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and G42 Group CEO Peng Xiao engaged in an in-depth dialogue on "From AI Applications to an AI-Native Society." In the discussion, Sam Altman pointed out that the cost of artificial intelligence will converge with energy costs, which could give the energy-rich Middle East a unique advantage in the AI era. Meanwhile, Du, a telecommunications operator in the UAE, announced the launch of the AI Park project during the exhibition, planning to build a data center with a total capacity of 1 gigawatt to provide infrastructure support for sovereign AI applications, further strengthening the Middle East’s strategic layout in the AI field.

In the wave of AI development sweeping the Middle East, Chinese enterprises are becoming a vital force driving regional digital transformation. According to the "Report on the Development of Chinese Enterprises in the UAE (2023–2024)" released by the Chinese Business Council in the UAE, more than 6,000 Chinese companies have established offices or branches in the UAE. Their business scope has expanded from traditional sectors such as energy, ports, and building materials to emerging fields like finance, information technology, new energy, and e-commerce, showcasing remarkable adaptability and innovative vitality.

At this year’s GITEX exhibition, Chinese technology companies stood out with their participation covering multiple cutting-edge fields, including AI infrastructure, digital creative software, and intelligent solutions. Huawei, as the platinum sponsor of the exhibition, highlighted its 5G-A innovative applications developed in collaboration with local operators, along with its latest achievements in AI-driven networks, cloud technology, data storage, and cybersecurity. These technologies offer comprehensive solution support for smart cities, intelligent transportation, and other domains. Huawei's newly launched GovTech 1.0 framework, built around four core pillars—application intelligence, data coordination, platform standardization, and network broadband—aims to advance government modernization and empower industries across various sectors with AI technology.

As a representative of "indigenous AI + creative software," Wondershare Technology participated under the theme "More AI, More Possibilities," with its AIGC video creation platform ToMoviee AI making its offline debut in the Middle Eastern market. In the VBench-2.0 evaluation list for large text-to-video models, ToMoviee 2.0 AI ranked third globally in overall scores, demonstrating the innovative capabilities of Chinese tech companies in specialized fields. Additionally, Wondershare Technology showcased several digital creative software products, including Wondershare PDFelement V12, along with innovative AI solutions, continuously aiding Middle Eastern governments, enterprises, and individual users in improving office efficiency and accelerating digital transformation in emerging markets.

H3C Group, adhering to the strategies of "AI in ALL" and "AI for ALL," presented customers with a range of flagship technical products making their global or Middle Eastern debuts, including the H3C UniPoD S80000 supernode product. It also introduced various solutions targeting data security, AI acceleration, and next-generation secure interconnection. Through the integration of technology, scenarios, and ecosystems, H3C comprehensively demonstrated its technological prowess and global influence in AI and digitalization.

During this exhibition, Kingsoft Office also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Oman Telecommunications Company to promote the international version of WPS 365 among enterprise clients in Oman, further enhancing customer experiences across various industries in Oman and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

In recent years, the AI boom in the Middle East has continued to gain momentum, making it a popular destination for Chinese enterprises expanding overseas. Numerous Chinese companies, including Wondershare Technology, have made significant inroads into this regional market. Notably, Wondershare Technology has participated in the GITEX GLOBAL exhibition for two consecutive years and introduced industry-specific solutions tailored to the needs of Middle Eastern users in sectors such as energy, finance, law, manufacturing, and semiconductors. Currently, Wondershare Technology collaborates with over 20 enterprises in the Middle East, including major players like TAQA, the Dubai Petroleum Authority, and the Dubai Police Department, deeply empowering the digital transformation and upgrading of emerging markets in the region.

Backed by leading AI technology capabilities and globalized service delivery, Chinese tech companies represented by Huawei and Wondershare Technology are accelerating their evolution from technology export to ecosystem co-construction, starting from the Middle Eastern market. This ongoing effort continuously injects new momentum into regional and global digitization processes.