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Dubai Chambers is dispatching its largest-ever economic delegation to Shenzhen for the Dubai Business Forum – China following non-oil bilateral trade reaching AED 363.5 billion in 2025. Concurrently, the UAE sent 16 Emirati artificial intelligence experts to Beijing and Shanghai under the National Experts Program to study research, governance, and commercial AI deployment.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed announced that Dubai Chambers is dispatching Dubai's largest-ever economic delegation to Shenzhen for the Dubai Business Forum – China, with bilateral non-oil trade reaching AED 363.5 billion in 2025. Simultaneously, the UAE sent 16 Emirati AI specialists to Beijing and Shanghai under the National Experts Program to study China's AI ecosystem.
The UAE Ministry of Finance has issued Ministerial Decision No. 168 of 2026, shifting electronic invoicing providers to a direct accreditation model. Large businesses with revenues of AED 50 million or more must contract an accredited provider by October 30, 2026. Smaller businesses have until March 31, 2027, to appoint a provider ahead of their mandatory July 2027 rollout.
The UAE Ministry of Finance has issued Ministerial Decision No. 168 of 2026, updating accreditation procedures for Electronic Invoicing Service Providers. The new rule eliminates the preliminary approval phase, requiring full assessment and testing prior to accreditation. UAE companies generating Dh50 million or more in annual revenue face an October 30 deadline to appoint an accredited provider.
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