KUWAIT CITY, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- 2017 will be a year of bumper harvest for relations between China and Kuwait, Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Wang Di said here on Monday.

Wang made the remarks when speaking at a seminar, themed "Developing the China-Kuwait relationship and improving the links between the development strategies."

The ambassador said Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah have reached broad consensus on strengthening cooperation between the two countries, attaching great importance to the development of bilateral relations.

The collective value of construction projects, signed between China and Kuwait from January to September this year, has hit 2.8 billion U.S. dollars, Wang said.

He said the trade between the two countries has reached 8.3 billion U.S. dollars and China has imported 12.5 million tons of crude oil from Kuwait.

China and Kuwait have become friends of mutual trust and good partners for win-win cooperation, the ambassador said.

The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative, first put forward in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, concurs with the vision of Kuwaiti emir to transform Kuwait into a global center for finance and commerce, said Wang.

Noting that Kuwait is one of the first Arab countries to have signed a cooperation agreement with China under the Belt and Road Initiative, Wang said the two sides have maintained close exchanges and cooperation within the framework of the Initiative.

He said he believes that similar development concepts and strategies, complementary economic advantages will create important opportunities and open up brighter prospects for further development of ties between China and Kuwait.

"China is prepared to contribute to the implementation of major construction projects of Kuwait so as to better benefit the two peoples and build a community of shared future for mankind," Wang said.