{"id":777037426,"date":"2026-01-29T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777037426"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:52:53","slug":"ras-al-khaimah-seeks-investment-from-china-and-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ras-al-khaimah-seeks-investment-from-china-and-hong-kong","title":{"rendered":"Ras Al Khaimah seeks investment from China and Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abdulla Al Abdouli, CEO of Marjan, spoke at the Asian Financial Forum,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>United Arab Emirates.- Ras Al Khaimah is <strong>courting investors from mainland China and Hong Kong<\/strong> as construction of <strong>Wynn Al Marjan Island<\/strong> advances. At the Asian Financial Forum, a trade delegation sought  raise international awareness of the emirate\u2019s development plans and promote more Chinese investment in what is the&nbsp;fourth largest of the seven city states in the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abdulla Al Abdouli<\/strong>, the CEO of Marjan, said interest from Chinese and Hong Kong investors spans hospitality, real estate and supporting infrastructure. Several major Chinese construction groups are already involved in Al Marjan Island, including China State Construction Engineering and China Railway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe would like to have a wider window and a broader range of companies to be part of investment in Ras Al Khaimah,\u201d Al Abdouli added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Arab Emirates\u2019 first regulated casino development is <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wynn-al-marjan-island-to-be-completed-in-2027-local-partner-says\">scheduled to open in 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/Wynn-Al-Marjan-Island-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wynn-al-marjan-set-to-be-wynn-resorts-biggest-fee-contributor-says-cbre'>Wynn Al Marjan could be Wynn Resorts\u2019 biggest fee generator, CBRE says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdulla Al Abdouli, CEO of Marjan, spoke at the Asian Financial Forum,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777015275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Ras Al Khaimah is actively engaging Chinese and Hong Kong investors to fund the development of Wynn Al Marjan Island, which will host the United Arab Emirates' first regulated casino, slated for a 2027 opening. Marjan's CEO, Abdulla Al Abdouli, highlighted broad investor interest across hospitality, real estate, and supporting infrastructure, with major Chinese construction groups already involved. This initiative aims to broaden the emirate's investment base and capitalize on the significant economic potential of its emerging gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Abdulla Al Abdouli, Marjan, Wynn Al Marjan Island, Wynn Resorts, CBRE, China State Construction Engineering, China Railway, Asian Financial Forum","focusai_location":"United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah, China, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RAK Regulatory Framework?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance frameworks are being established for the UAE's nascent casino market, and how do they compare to established international gaming jurisdictions?"},{"label":"B2B Supplier Opportunities?","query":"Beyond construction, what B2B supplier opportunities exist for gaming technology, platform, and operational services within the Wynn Al Marjan Island integrated resort development?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16334],"tags":[25015,24472],"class_list":["post-777037426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-wynn-al-marjan-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777037426"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777037438,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037426\/revisions\/777037438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777015275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777037426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777037426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777037426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}