Last Updated: August 10, 2020

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DUBAITHECITY

ECONOMIC DIVERSITY

23.2%

OTHER

9.9%

FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE

ACTIVITIES

12.8%

STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION

7.2%

REAL ESTATE

8.9%

MANUFACTURING

5.1%

ACCOMMODATION AND

FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES

6.3%

CONSTRUCTION

26.6%

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE

DUBAI GDPCONTRIBUTION

2019

DUBAITHEGATEWAY

DUBAI ADVANTAGE | LOCATION

DUBAI OCCUPIES A UNIQUE LOCATION IN THE WORLD

2.4BILLION CONSUMERSDIRECT MARKET IN MIDDLE EAST, INDIAN SUB CONTINENT AND EAST AFRICA

DUBAITHEHUB

EXPO 2020 DUBAI

EXPO 2020

DUBAI01 OCTOBER 2021THROUGH 31 MARCH 2022

FIRST TIMEWORLD EXPO TO BEHOSTED IN MEASA

REGION

25MVISITS EXPECTED TO THE EVENT,70% TO BE INTERNATIONAL

SUB-THEMESMOBILITY SUSTAINABILITYOPPORTUNITY

THEME‘CONNECTING MINDSCREATING THE

FUTURE’

INFRASTRUCTURE

INFRASTRUCTURE

DUBAI’S INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEW,MODERN AND GROWING ALL THE TIME

3RD

ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT DESTINATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

INVESTORS

74.6 KMLONGEST DRIVERLESS METRO IN THE WORLD, WITH 421KM PLANNED FOR 2030

594MPUBLIC TRANSPORTPASSENGERS IN 2019

Dh100 BNDUBAI HAS INVESTED DHS 100BN

ON ROADS AND TRANSPORT

INFRASTRUCTURE

EDUCATED, HEALTHY INNOVATIVE AND HAPPY

INDIVIDUALS

A SECURE,CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINING PLACE TO LIVE

A SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY

LIVING

ENVIRONMENT

PROACTIVE,TRANSPARENT, RELIABLE AND

INNOVATIVE

GOVERNMENT

PRO-BUSINESS PREFERRED INVESTMENT

DESTINATION

A VIBRANT, TOLERANT AND INCLUSIVE

MULTICULTURAL

SOCIETY

OFFERINGSUSTAINABLE

ECONOMIC GROWTH

DUBAI PLAN 2021

SMART CITY

TO MAKE DUBAITHE HAPPIEST CITY ON

EARTH

OF GOVERNMENTTRANSACTIONS WILL BE

PAPER-FREE BY 2021

100%

FORWARD | SMART GOVERNMENT

INITIATIVES LAUNCHEDIN 2014

100

DUBAI

BLOCKCHAIN

STRATEGY

FORWARD | SMART GOVERNMENT

THE WORLD’S FIRST-EVER

GOVERNMENT TO EXECUTE

ALL APPLICABLE

TRANSACTIONS USING

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

IN 2020

ELIMINATES100 MILLION ANNUAL

PAPER TRANSACTIONS SAVING $1.5 BILLION

ANNUALLY IN DOCUMENT PROCESSING ALONE

STRATEGY GOAL

DUBAI WILL BE THE

FIRST BLOCKCHAIN

POWERED GOVERNMENT

DRIVING THE FUTURE

ECONOMY

AI TO ADD $182BTO UAE ECONOMY BY 2035

FORWARD | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

WILL IMPACT 15 SECTORS

IN THE UAE

$37BFINANCIAL SERVICE

SECTOR

$22B

$19B

$8B

$6B

HEALTHCARE

SECTOR

TRANSPORT STORAGE

SEGMENTS

CONSTRUCTION

SECTOR

EDUCATION

SECTOR

FEDERAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY

$20BNRENEWABLE

ENERGY

$34BNCLEAN ENERGY

PROJECTS

$1.6BNINNOVATION

INCUBATORS

$11BNAVIATION R&D AND

MANUFACTURING

$1.6BNACADEMIC RESEARCH

CENTERS

$5.5BNSPACE SECTOR

INVESTMENT

$8.5BNR&D IN PRIORITY

SECTOR

TARGETING 40% INCREASEIN KNOWLEDGE WORKERS BY 2021

$82BN

FEDERAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY

RETAIL

OPPORTUNITIES | RETAIL

DUBAI FIRSTFOR INTERNATIONAL RETAILER PRESENCE

SQM 7.17MLEASABLE AREA AS CURRENT SUPPLY

OF RETAIL SPACEBY 2018

59NEW GLOBAL

BRANDS ATTRACTED TO DUBAI

IN 2017

NO.1DUBAI IS RANKED THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL

SHOPPING DESTINATION GLOBALLY

BY CBRE 2018

BANKING AND FINANCE

OPPORTUNITIES | BANKING AND FINANCE

DIFC

NO.8DIFC RANKING ON THE

‘GLOBAL FINANCIAL CENTRES

INDEX’,

MAKING IT THE ONLY FINANCIAL

CENTRE WITHIN MEASA TO APPEAR

ON THE TOP 10

2019

310NUMBER OF

REGISTERED COMPANIES IN DIFC IN H1 2020, 25% INCREASE COMPARED SAME PERIOD IN 2019

INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY

FOR CIVIL, COMMERCIAL

AND INHERITANCE

DISPUTES BASED ON UK

COMMON LAW

DIFC COURTS

OPPORTUNITIES | BANKING AND FINANCE

DUBAI AIMS TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE

ISLAMIC ECONOMY

$393.1

BNMARKET CAPITALISATION VALUE OF DFM IN 2019

$54.4

BNMARKET

CAPITALISATION OF

NASDAQ DUBAI

IN 2019

IN THE ANNUAL

INTERNATIONAL

FINANCIAL CENTER (IFC)

RANKING, BY THE

BANKER MAGAZINE

10TH

MANUFACTURING

OPPORTUNITIES | MANUFACTURING

$19.04BNBANK CREDIT TO

UAE’S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 190%

GROWTHOVER 10 YEARS

TARGETS TO BECOME A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR

KNOWLEDGE-BASED,

SUSTAINABLE AND

INNOVATIVE

INDUSTRIES

SIX INDUSTRIAL SECTORS ARE TARGETED FOR DUBAI

PHARMACEUTICALS

& MEDICAL

EQUIPMENT

AEROSPACE

MARITIME

ALUMINIUM & FABRICATED METALS

FAST MOVING CONSUMABLE GOODS

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

OPPORTUNITIES | MANUFACTURING

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