(Yicai Global) Sept. 1 -- Fu Ziying, China's vice minister of commerce and international trade representative, signed a memorandum of understanding with Yasser Hassan Abul, Kuwait's Minister of State for Housing Affairs, on Aug. 22, the commerce ministry said online yesterday.

The agreement covered cooperation in welfare housing and infrastructure between China's Ministry of Commerce and Kuwait's Public Authority for Housing Welfare.

The pair will strengthen ties in new city development and housing construction by sharing technology, experience and human resources and expanding cooperation between construction companies and agencies, the memorandum said.