A homeland that diligently builds its future, after constructing the edifices of its present. This saying is the closest I can describe my homeland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which was launched on April 25, 2016, with comprehensive reforms, which in my view are the most comprehensive, complete, and most accurate and profound reforms in the march of the Saudi state since 22 November 1727, when political, security, economic, cultural, intellectual and civilizational reforms were at the heart of unprecedented societal change and change for a Gulf society.
The years 2016 and 2017 were the years of the boldness of the stance and the boldness of the political decision, who – that is, the Saudi political stance and decision – carried the new Saudi reform system on their shoulders, to see the Saudi society in the blink of an eye flying away towards light, life and the world.
It was necessary to take certain corrective measures, which necessitate resorting to tightening the belt, in preparation for reaching a future of sustainability, abundance and prosperity, which is revealed by every letter in Saudi Vision 2030.
So what happened to us in 2022? I will answer through what Mr. Abdullah Alami wrote in Mal newspaper, published last September, he says: (The Ministry of Finance has signed financing agreements with a number of local banks at a value of 25 billion riyals, to implement some strategic infrastructure projects, and we are proceeding strongly in establishing water desalination centers with solar energy, and we are continuing to work on developing our peaceful nuclear capabilities, and we have succeeded in constructing more than 40 industrial cities, and we have implemented 3 iron and steel projects with a value of 35 billion riyals with a production capacity of 6.2 million tons, and we are working in full swing to build (Oxagon), the industrial heart of (NEOM) ) to achieve leadership in advanced industries, in addition to increasing foreign direct investment in Saudi Arabia by four times, increasing the balance of the Public Investment Fund, and positive expectations for growth from non-oil sources, as Al-Alami referred to the Cabinet’s statement on structural reforms, which was clear; we are determined to Implementing the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in all its details, and finally Saudi Arabia entered the club of trillion-dollar economies this year (2022), as one of 16 countries in the world in this club.