From December 20 to 21, 2010, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun visited Oman. Zhai and Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi held the fifth round of strategic consultations between the two Foreign Ministries.

Holding strategic consultations with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi	Meeting with Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs

Zhai said that in recent years, China-Oman relations have maintained a momentum of rapid and steady development with firm political trust, fruitful pragmatic cooperation, close humanities exchanges and increasing mutual understanding between both peoples. China is ready to further expand personnel exchanges with Oman, broaden cooperation areas and push forward bilateral ties. Badr said to develop ties with China is an important decision of Sultan Qaboos and a consensus shared by the Omani people from all walks of life. The Omani side is ready to push China-Oman friendly cooperative relations to a new level through strategic consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries and other mechanisms.

Meeting with Omar bin Abdulmunim al Zawawi, Special Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan for External Liaison and Chair of the Omani-Chinese Friendship Association

During his visit, Zhai also met with Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, and Omar bin Abdulmunim al Zawawi, Special Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan for External Liaison and Chair of the Omani-Chinese Friendship Association.