Saudi Arabia attend Zhuhai Air Show and signed a contract with China for purchasing TB001 drones production line at worth of US$2 billion in November, 2022. Military cooperation has been strengthen deeply between China and Saudi Arabia for years since Saudi Arabia decided to diversify their high end weapons resources around the world to undermine their long term dependency on the US.
Earlier in February 2016, Saudi Arabia had signed a contract with China’s Aerospace Long-March International Trade (ALIT) for the deal of purchasing a drone production line at the biennial International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi.