Chinese Vice Premier arrives at Prime Minister House, Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, July 31 (APP): Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng was accorded a welcome on Monday as he arrived here at the Prime Minister’s House to meet with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

On his arrival, Prime Minister Shehbaz received the foreign dignitary at the main entrance of the PM House.

Later, he introduced his delegation to the Chinese vice-premier comprising federal cabinet members Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Ishaq Dar, Rana Sanaullah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Ahsan Iqbal, Saad Rafiq, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Hina Rabbani Khar and Tariq Fatemi.

This followed the introduction of the Chinese delegation to Prime Minister Shehbaz by the visiting dignitary.At the invitation of the Government of Pakistan, Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping, the Vice Premier of China and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, is visiting here to attend the 10th-anniversary celebrations of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

“It is my pleasure to warmly welcome the Chinese Vice-Premier H.E. He Lifeng and members of his delegation to Pakistan. They are visiting Pakistan to join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of CPEC and witnessing first-hand the transformations brought about by this game-changing initiative,” the prime minister wrote earlier on a microblogging site.