Since the Bandung Conference of 1955, the People's Republic of China has established diplomatic relations with several countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East, thus breaking a period of diplomatic isolation and increasing its presence in other regions of the globe.Currently, Chinese involvement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is not only focused on obtaining energy resources, but also on issues of an economic, political and security nature, contemplating the geostrategic role of the region as a gateway and logistical entrepot for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).This increasingly consolidated presence of China in the region imposes on the MENA countries a set of opportunities and challenges that deserve an in-depth academic study.In addition to the analysis of China's historical and contemporary involvement in MENA, this paper will contemplate the analysis of Sino-Saudi relations, with the aim of understanding the implications of deepening relations between Saudi Arabia and China, as well as gauging the role that the Saudi Kingdom can play in deepening China's relations with countries in the region, and the implications of the convergence between BRI and the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative.