China is leveraging advanced technologies to transform tree-planting efforts in arid regions, offering new solutions for combating desertification and restoring ecosystems. Innovations such as AI monitoring, drones, and water-saving devices like “SHUBAO” enable more efficient planting and reduced resource consumption. China has already rehabilitated millions of hectares of degraded land and is expanding the global application of these technologies, including in the Middle East. Saudi Green Initiative targets the planting of 10 billion trees, where such innovations could play a key role. These developments highlight growing opportunities for China–Saudi cooperation in environmental sustainability and green development.