沙特阿拉伯正经历着经济和社会的大规模转型，从过去高度依赖石油的经济模式转向多元化发展。沙特政府推出的‘愿景2030’计划旨在推动经济多元化，赋予公民更多权力，并积极投资发展新能源和基础设施，例如建设未来城市Neom。同时，沙特社会也发生了显著变化，女性劳动力参与率大幅提升，年轻一代更加关注全球事务，展现出更强的国际视野。这些变化反映了沙特对未来经济和社会发展的积极展望，也为其未来发展提供了新的机遇和挑战。

🚀沙特阿拉伯过去经济高度依赖石油，但如今正积极推动经济多元化，以摆脱对石油的依赖，‘愿景2030’计划是其核心战略。

💡‘愿景2030’计划旨在推动经济多元化，赋予公民更多权力，并积极投资发展新能源和基础设施，例如建设未来城市Neom。

📈沙特女性劳动力参与率从2003年的17%上升到2023年的35%，展现出社会变革的趋势。

🌍沙特年轻一代更加关注全球事务，拥有更强的国际视野，成为推动社会发展的重要力量。

♻️沙特政府设定了到2030年实现50%可再生能源和30%电动汽车的目标，体现了其对可持续发展的重视。

His Excellency Fahd bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed, the advisor and general secretariat of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers, says he only had a handful of career options when he got his bachelors from Washington University in St. Louis in 1999. His choices were limited to “oil and gas, or petrochemical, or banking, or retail,” he said at the Fortune Global Forum on Monday. Those jobs reflected the economy of Saudi Arabia at the time. The country is famous for its rich oil reserves, which have brought it tremendous wealth but also made it vulnerable to changes in oil prices. Saudi Aramco, the nation’s state-run oil company, sits at No.4 on the Fortune Global 500. In the previous fiscal year it brought in around $459 billion in revenue. But Al-Rasheed says that today, his teenage daughter has more options than he ever did. “Now, my 16-year-old daughter, who will graduate in 2030, will have a choice of doing whatever she wants,” he said. “She can make a movie, she can go to space. It’s a real transformation that is rooted in what the people are doing.”Saudi Arabia has made massive efforts to diversify its economy over the past few years. In 2016, the government launched Vision 2030, an economic and cultural plan for the country which aims to “diversify its economy, empower citizens.” The country is also pouring billions of dollars into building the city of Neom. Al-Rasheed says that Riyadh’s sustainability strategy calls for 50% renewable energy by 2030, and 30% of vehicles to be electric.   “It’s a business hub, and it’s a regional hub for stability,” said Al-Rasheed. “It’s really amazing to see the scale of growth, speed of change, and how it’s been adopted across the board.”Al-Rasheed pointed to cultural changes as well. Female participation in the Saudi Arabian labor force increased from 17% in 2003 to 35% in 2023. And a younger population is more interested in the wider world than their predecessors. “Most of the population is under 35, and they’re global citizens,” Al-Rasheed said. “They’re on their phone, but they’re engaging with the world on this machine,” he says.A newsletter for the boldest, brightest leaders: CEO Daily is your weekday morning dossier on the news, trends, and chatter business leaders need to know. Sign up here.