The then Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Saudi Arabia, and under the joint witness of King Abdullah and President Hu, King Abdulaziz Public Library and Peking University signed the Memorandum of Understanding between King Abdulaziz Public Library in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Peking University in the People’s Republic of China for the Establishment of a Branch of the Library in the University, which clearly stipulates the establishment of a branch of King Abdulaziz Public Library at Peking University that shares a building with the Chinese Rare Books Library. The Library Branch turned out to be one of the five Sino-Saudi cooperation projects signed by President Hu Jintao during his visit.