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Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says all available resources will be utilized to ensure protection of Chinese investors and businessmen in the country. Talking to members of Chamber of Commerce and notables in Gwadar, he said the present government gives importance to China Pakistan Economic Corridor as this…

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): A spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Islamabad on Tuesday said all the Confucius Institutes in Pakistan were operational and none of them had been shut down. In response to a query by APP, the spokesperson said all the teaching activities at various Confucius Institutes and…

BEIJING – The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has a portfolio of projects in different provinces in Pakistan, depending upon their requirements and their areas of competency. And based on different comparative advantages, every province will develop its own cluster of industries, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan…

Pakistan’s export of sesamum seeds to China achieved a historical figure of $45.99 million, rising by 102.49 percent in the first quarter of 2022, said Badar U Zaman, Commercial Counsellor of the Pakistani Embassy. Badar U Zaman told China Economic Net (CEN) that according to the General Administration of Customs…

On the morning of May 16, 2022, Premier Li Keqiang had a phone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif at Ziguang Pavilion of Zhongnanhai leadership compound at the latter’s request. Li Keqiang said, China and Pakistan are close and friendly neighbors and iron-clad friends. In 2015, President Xi Jinping…

The Gwadar 300 megawatts coal-fired power plant will be completed by October, 2023 to end energy scarcity in the country. An official source while sharing exclusive updates of the project, said that the power plant of an independent power producer is one of the key energy projects under the China…

BEIJING, May 15 (APP): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been contributing to the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2030 Agenda in Pakistan to achieve its SDGs goals. Although it is expected that CPEC will empower Pakistan to move forward economically, it also has a high potential to achieve…

BEIJING, May 15 (APP): The labor cost of Pakistan’s footwear industry is almost one-fourth of that of China, which can be a big incentive for the Chinese investors. China is shifting its “sunset” industries, including footwear, clothing and toy manufacturing to other countries, and Pakistan is one of its most…

LAHORE: The first hydropower project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – 720MW Karot Hydropower Project (HPP) – has started trial operations after two of its four units/turbines began power generation of 360MW on a test-run basis. The unofficial commercial operation of the project (power generation by all four units)…