The launch of a China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) was announced by Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing of China and Secretary-General Amr Moussa of the League of Arab States on January 30, 2004 after President Hu Jintao’s visit to the headquarters of the League, and met with Secretary-General Amr Moussa and representatives of this 22-member organization.

2004年1月30日，時任中國國家主席胡錦濤訪問了阿拉伯國家聯盟總部，會見了時任阿盟秘書長阿姆魯?穆薩和22個阿盟成員國代表。會見結束后，時任中國外長李肇星與穆薩秘書長共同宣布成立“中國—阿拉伯國家合作論壇”。

Addressing the opening ceremony of the Sixth CASCF Ministerial Meeting on June 5, 2014, President Xi Jinping characterized the CASCF as of strategic importance for the long-term development of bilateral relations and substantive cooperation.

2014年6月5日，習近平主席在中阿合作論壇第六屆部長級會議開幕式上講話表示，中阿合作論壇是著眼中阿關系長遠發展作出的戰略抉擇，已成為豐富中阿關系戰略內涵、推進中阿務實合作的有效抓手。

The Seventh CASCF Ministerial Meeting was held in Doha, capital of Qatar, on May 12, 2016. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani each sent a letter of congratulations to the meeting. Under the theme of “Jointly Building the Belt and Road to Reinforce Strategic Cooperation,” the meeting reached a broad consensus on bilateral relations and future work of the CASCF.

2016年5月12日，中阿合作論壇第七屆部長級會議在卡塔爾多哈舉行。習近平主席和卡塔爾埃米爾塔米姆?本?哈馬德?阿勒薩尼分別致賀信。會議圍繞“共建‘一帶一路’，深化中阿戰略合作”議題，就中阿關系發展和中阿合作論壇建設達成廣泛共識。

By July 2016, seven CASCF ministerial meetings and 13 senior officials meetings had been held, and other mechanisms of cooperation have also been functioning well.

截至2016年7月，中阿合作論壇已舉行七屆部長級會議、十三次高官會，其他合作機制也得到有序運行。