ISLAMABAD: Chinese staff and workers at different CPEC-related projects will continue contribution to Pakistan’s socio-economic development with same spirit and zeal, said Jiang Zaidong, the Ambassador of China to Pakistan. In an interview with private TV channel, the Ambassador expressed his satisfaction that the high-level inquiry initiated by the government of Pakistan into recent terrorist attack in which five Chinese …

PHNOM PENH: The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia hit 628 million U.S. dollars in the first two months of 2024, up 38.3 percent compared to the same period in 2023, the zone operator said in a news release. Jointly ventured by Chinese and Cambodian investors, the SSEZ is a flagship …

ADDIS ABABA: Cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significantly contributed to the betterment of the lives of ordinary Ethiopians, Ethiopian experts have said. Ethiopia, as one of the growing list of countries cooperating with China under the BRI, has witnessed the initiative’s significant contribution in terms of meaningfully transforming the lives of millions of Ethiopians, …

Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Friday intensified efforts to establish a Working Group on five new Economic Corridors under phase 2 of the CPEC, aligning with the 5Es framework already prepared by the Planning Ministry. This was discussed during a meeting between the Federal Minister of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal, and the Chinese envoy, Jiang Zaidong, …

YAOUNDE: Central African leaders met Saturday in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), a regional bloc, in hopes of highlighting past achievements and defining a roadmap for strengthening regional integration, while focusing on economic challenges and growth opportunities. When CEMAC was created in 1994, …

ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan facing pressing environmental and climate change predicaments, Pakistani experts and officials believe that China’s notable transition to greener policies is helping Pakistan realize renewable energy targets under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Pakistan aimed to generate 60 percent of the country’s energy from renewable resources by 2030, and the role of China remained critical in this …

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif emphasised that his government would work tirelessly to ensure timely implementation of the initiatives under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He stressed that Pakistan was keen to move to the next phase of CPEC, including operationalisation of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to facilitate Chinese investment in Pakistan. The prime minister was talking to Ambassador …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan geared up efforts to develop five economic corridors under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for national growth, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday. The initiative includes economic corridors of job creation, innovation, green energy, and inclusive regional development, the minister said while chairing a review meeting on CPEC projects. After the successful …

ISLAMABAD: Soon after the formation of the elected government, progress on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), particularly the five new economic corridors, including the Corridor of Job Creation, Innovation, Green Energy, and Inclusive Regional Development, has been expedited. The newly-appointed Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal, chaired an important meeting on Wednesday to initiate work …

ISLAMABAD: Adeela Rehman works as a human resource manager in Thar Coal Block-II Coal Electricity Integration project with her Pakistani and Chinese colleagues to play a part in the development of her country. In talks with Xinhua, Rehman said that she got an equal opportunity as men to showcase her professional skills and make a mark, adding that the project …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation will serve as an engine for the common development of all countries and an accelerator for the modernization of the whole world. Wang told a press conference that since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was put forward over 10 years ago, it has …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s experts expect the port city of Gwadar being developed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to become an energy hub with a technology-based development vision and a community-centric social development approach. In a recent policy dialogue on Gwadar organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), an Islamabad-based think-tank, the experts emphasized the need to further focus on …

ISLAMABAD: The China-built Suki Kinari Hydropower station in northwest Pakistan started impoundment on Wednesday. The successful start will lay a solid foundation for the project’s operation on schedule under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Located in the Mansehra district of the South Asian country’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the 884-megawatt hydropower project was invested and constructed by the Overseas Investment Company …

CAIRO: China has succeeded in achieving “comprehensive development” and fruitful Belt and Road cooperation with many partner countries despite Western smear campaigns, an Egyptian expert on Chinese affairs has said. “Economic and social development in China picked up since the country began implementing its reform and opening-up policy more than 40 years ago, and China has ever since achieved high …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, amid the emerging trend of non-carbon eco-friendly fuels, must not miss the opportunity to achieve clean energy transformation, experts said in a seminar here on Friday. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, urged experts, researchers and students to work out investment and joint venture opportunities between Pakistani and Chinese firms under the China-Pakistan …

ACCRA: The strong and growing Africa-China relations could be partly attributed to the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a Ghanaian expert has said. Paul Frimpong, executive director of the Africa-China Center for Policy and Advisory, a think tank based in Ghana, told Xinhua in a written interview that Africa has been benefiting from the BRI to boost infrastructure development. …

PHNOM PENH: The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economy Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia reached 3.36 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 34.8 percent, the zone operator said in a recent statement. Jointly ventured by Chinese and Cambodian investors, the SSEZ is a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). “The …

The very important visit of Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong to Pakistan have further strengthened and pushed forward the trustworthy bilateral relationship between two neighboring and brotherly countries. The in-depth and candid engagements and discussions of Chinese vice FM in his Pakistan’s visit have opened up new chapters of bilateral relationship and the expansion of China Pakistan Economic Corridor …

LAHORE: The Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Lahore Zhao Shiren has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the glowing example and hallmark of deepening China-Pakistan friendship and partnership. He expressed these views while talking to journalists in Meet the Press Program of Lahore Press Club on Thursday. While addressing the media, Consul General Mr. …

BEIJING: China said on Wednesday that it is ready to work with Pakistan to upgrade the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era. “China stands ready to work with Pakistan to deliver on the important common understandings between the leaders of the two countries, deepen …

China and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to widen and deepen cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with a focus on project security and third-party participation. The Fourth Meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group on International Cooperation and Coordination was held in Islamabad on Sunday. The two sides had in-depth discussions on the mode of third-party participation in …

RAWALPINDI: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir at General Headquarters (GHQ), said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday. During the meeting, both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, focusing on initiatives to further strengthen bilateral defense cooperation. The ISPR statement said that the Chinese …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has said Pakistan is fully committed to the high-quality development of CPEC. Talking to Vice Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Sun Weidong in Islamabad on Monday, he said the Chinese support in the next phase of CPEC would be crucial for Pakistan’s industrial development. He said economic cooperation between the two friendly …

ISLAMABAD: The 4th meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group on International Cooperation and Coordination (JWG-ICC) was held today in Islamabad on Sunday. The meeting, which was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of China, Sun Weidong, exemplifies the commitment of both countries to foster international cooperation and coordination including on CPEC. …

China’s Maritime Silk Road (MSR) is an integral part of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Suez Canal, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden are essential to the success of the MSR and, consequently, to the BRI. The disruption in Red Sea has once again highlighted the strategic importance of the Chinese BRI which is indeed a mega project …

ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has emerged as a linchpin in cultivating a shared destiny between China and Pakistan, bringing about a substantial transformation in Pakistan’s economic terrain, Pakistani experts said. Speaking at a webinar titled “A Decade of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,” organized by the Center for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China Studies, under an Islamabad-based thinktank …

PHNOM PENH: The decade-old Belt and Road Initiative has given an extra boost to China-Cambodia ties, providing tremendous benefits to Cambodia’s socio-economic development and poverty alleviation, experts said on Thursday. Kin Phea, director-general of the International Relations Institute of Cambodia, an arm of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, said the historic bond of friendship between Cambodia and China has grown …

CAIRO: In the vast and scorching desert in North Africa, Chinese and Egyptian workers are working against the clock to dress up a cluster of newly erected high-rises in glass walls made in China. Here is the Central Business District (CBD) of Egypt’s new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of the Egyptian capital of Cairo. The new capital is not …

CPEC has played a pivotal role in fostering a community for a shared future between China and Pakistan, significantly transforming Pakistan’s economic landscape and contributing to poverty reduction. The implementation of connectivity projects, particularly in farm-to-market initiatives, has brought revolutionary changes to agriculture and industrial development in Pakistan. Collaborative efforts in energy projects and advancements in digital technologies underscore the …

HONG KONG: On the 10th year of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the cooperation platform has become a popular international public good and added new growth drivers to the global economy at a time when the world is facing tremendous changes. By building up railways, highways, power plants and dams, it helps local people in the Asia-Pacific region lead …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Arif Alvi said on Wednesday that Pakistan and China enjoy a unique friendship as all-weather strategic cooperative partners. “The bilateral ties between Pakistan and China are of special importance … Both countries are close, trusted friends and iron brothers,” the president said during a meeting here. Under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the …

BEIJING: The book “Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road Initiative (2023 Edition)” has been published by the Central Party Literature Press. The book includes 78 important discourses on Belt and Road cooperation by Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, from September 2013 to November 2023. It was compiled by the Institute of Party …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is widely deemed as a “game-changer” transforming the economic competitiveness of its partner countries, said Ong Tee Keat, president of Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific. The BRI has focused on connectivity, notably physical connectivity through infrastructure development, which has also been instrumental in rebalancing the economic inequality across the …

KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan has made its first shipment of dry red chilies to China as part of enhanced agricultural cooperation between the two countries under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). To mark the event, a grand ceremony was held on Tuesday in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi in southern Sindh province, attended by officials, experts, and business people, among others, …

CPEC Media Forum held on Wednesday in Islamabad vowed to counter disinformation collectively. Pakistan-China Institute, in collaboration with China Economic Net and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, organized the 8th CPEC Media Forum in Islamabad. The forum was also virtually telecast in Beijing and the University of Gwadar. The forum featured insightful speeches by Murtaza Solangi, Caretaker …

PHNOM PENH: A synergy between China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Cambodia’s Pentagonal Strategy will provide fresh momentum into the community with a shared future between the two countries, a senior Cambodian senator and experts said on Tuesday. The BRI, initiated by China in 2013, is aimed at building trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa …

ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has proved to be a corridor of opportunities for Pakistan, advancing the goals of economic development, regional connectivity, and shared prosperity, said Pakistani experts during a seminar. CPEC has served to promote bilateral relations between China and Pakistan, regional integration, and overall development, said the experts and academics at the recently held seminar organized …

ISLAMABAD: Every morning, Mohammad Nasir, a 60-year-old supervisor of TIR transport operations in Pakistan’s state-owned National Logistics Corporation (NLC), inspects the trucks used in TIR transportation and their fitness certificates, third-party insurance, and the drivers’ medical certificates. As one of the most important members of the pioneer team of TIR transport operation between China and Pakistan, Nasir feels very proud …

BEIJING: Under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has contributed a lot to advancing global human rights and welfare through inclusive international cooperation, said experts worldwide while commenting on a latest BRI report. The report, titled “For a Better World — Looking at the Past Decade of Jointly Pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative from a Human Rights Perspective,” …

CAIRO: Promoting Belt and Road cooperation between Arab nations and China will deepen the dimensions of bilateral relations, an Egyptian political expert said. “The BRI is one of the most important developmental initiatives worldwide that create mutual interests between the Arab states and China,” Ahmed Kandil, head of the International Studies Unit and Energy Studies Program at Al-Ahram Center for …