The United Arab Emirates, referred to as UAE for short, located in the eastern Arabian Peninsula, north to the Persian Gulf, adjacent to Qatar on the northwest, at the junction of Saudi Arabia on the west and south side, and adjacent to Oman on the east and northeast side, has a coastline of 734 km long with a total area of 83,600 square kilometers. Its capital is Abu Dhabi.

In the 7th century, the UAE was affiliated to the Arab Empire. Since the 16th century, Portugal, the Netherlands, France and other colonialists have started their invasion one after another. In the early 19th century, UAE gradually reduced to the British protectorate. On March 1, 1971, the United Kingdom announced that the treaty concluded with the Emirates would be terminated at the end of the year. On December 2 of the same year, the United Arab Emirates, formed by 6 emirates including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain and Ajman into a federal state, was established. On February 10, 1972, Ras Al Khaimah joined the Federation.

UAE local residents are Arabs, most of the residents are Islam believers. United Arab Emirates is a Western-Asia desert country known for oil-production, and it is renowned for "desert flowers".

UAE Dubai Sailing Hotel is the world's only seven-star hotel. The Al Ain Cultural Site is the only World Heritage Site in the United Arab Emirates.

On October 28, 2015, the 70th United Nations General Assembly re-elected members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, and the UAE was successfully elected as a member with a term from 2016 to 2018.