ISLAMABAD (Internews): Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong has said that China stands ready to walk hand in hand with Pakistan on our respective paths to modernization and welcomes Pakistan to benefit first from China’s further comprehensive deepening of reforms and expansion of high-level opening-up.
While addressing at the seminar on the Two Sessions themed “China’s Spring: China’s Opportunities, Shared by the World” organized by Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad on Wednesday, ambassador said that Pakistan’s inaugural lunar satellite iCube-Qamar and multi-mission communication satellite PakSat-MM1 were launched from China in 2024. Just before the Two Sessions, China and Pakistan signed an agreement on astronaut selection and training cooperation, and the first foreign astronaut to visit China’s space station will come from our iron-clad friend Pakistan.
Ambassador said that the Belt and Road international cooperation has created 421,000 local jobs. When it comes to China-Pakistan cooperation on livelihood enhancement, the China-Pakistan Friendship Hospital treated over 150,000 patients under six months, and welcomed 1,260 newborn babies. Chinese experts travelled a long way to Pakistan to perform surgeries for congenital heart disease patients, enabling the children to regain their health and reigniting the hope in their families.
Ambassador added that, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5%, with per capita GDP exceeding $13,000, contributing about 30% to global economic growth over the past year.
Ambassador also said that this year’s Two Sessions are being held in the first spring following the strategic decision of further comprehensive deepening of reforms made at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which is of great significance for continuing to write “the story of spring” and pooling efforts to advance Chinese modernization.
Ambassador highlighted that General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “Reform and opening-up, China’s second revolution, has not only profoundly changed China but also profoundly influenced the world. People hope to draw new momentum for growth from China’s high-quality development, seize new opportunities for cooperation in China’s high-level opening-up, and gain new inspiration for progress from the great practice of Chinese modernization.
Despite challenges such as adverse impacts from changes in the external environment and insufficient domestic effective demand, we firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and through the united efforts of people of all ethnic groups, we will achieve economic and social development goals and tasks comprehensively, writing a new chapter in the realization of Chinese modernization, said ambassador.
Ambassador also added that this year’s government work report states that China will continue to expand high-level opening-up and promote high-quality Belt and Road Initiative cooperation. These important measures will surely provide new opportunities for the world with the new development of Chinese modernization, benefiting our close friend Pakistan first and foremost. As President Xi Jinping pointed out, China stands ready to walk hand in hand with Pakistan on our respective paths to modernization and welcomes Pakistan to benefit first from China’s further comprehensive deepening of reforms and expansion of high-level opening-up.
