Source: Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2015

Abstract: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has a unique influence in the global governance, such as Middle East issues and International Islamic development, and has become the most active international multilateral platform for Islam. Based on the context of the establishment of the organization and its development process, particularly, the agenda item sand resolutions of the organization since 2000, this study clarifies the path of the OIC to advance agenda items and exert political influence on Islamic countries; this study also tracks the history of both official and civil exchanges between China and the OIC, proposes to seize the historic opportunity of the “Silk Road strategy”, and build a model of cooperation between China and the Arab-Islamic countries as the “natural partners of the Silk Road” and the“Silk Road Community”.

Key Words: Silk Road Strategy; Organization of the Islamic Cooperation; China and the Middle East