The Chinese Consul General in Karachi, Yang Yundong has emphasized that no attempt to undermine China-Pakistan friendship and the construction of CPEC will succeed.
China has confidence, determination, and the capability to work together with Pakistan to overcome all difficulties and challenges, and to ensure that the development of our relations remains steady and moves forward in the long run.
Chinese CG expressed these views during a meeting with a 51-member delegation from the Pakistan Chemicals and Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) at the Chinese Consulate.
This was the first instance in the country’s history where such a large delegation of Pakistani traders had been invited to the Chinese Consulate.
Nadeem Sheikh, Chairman PCDMA, Shahid Bashir, Vice Chairman, Arif Balgamwala, Chief Advisor, Chaudhary Naseer, Nasser Hyatt Maggo, Amin Balgamwala, members and Chinese Consulate officials also attended the meeting.
Chinese CG said, “We hope that the business community, especially PCDMA and Pakistan Philatelic and Numismatics Forum (PPNF), will play a greater role in the future, expanding the scope of our cooperation, promoting the success story of China-Pakistan collaboration, further enhancing people-to-people connectivity between our two countries, and creating a broader and more profound impact.”
He noticed that not long ago, many members of PCDMA visited China and participated in Interdye Shangai 2003. This should be your first visit to China after the pandemic, and he believes this trip has deepened and expanded the cooperative partnership with China, achieving satisfactory results.
In the first half of this year, China’s economy grew by 5.5% year on year, significantly outpacing the 3% growth rate of last year, the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, and have achieved a number of early harvests.
This has added new impetus to the economic and social development of Pakistan and laid a good foundation for regional connectivity and integration. It is a vivid testament to the all-weather friendship between China and Pakistan and provides an important underpinning for building an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.
Looking into the future, China is willing to work with Pakistan to adhere to high standards, sustainability, and benefiting the people, expand and deepen the industrial cooperation, including agriculture, manufacturing and textiles, making the CPEC an exemplary project for high-quality BRI cooperation.
The Consul General was of the view that the development of China-Pakistan relations and CPEC will create more opportunities for the business community. Though, it faces some challenges, such as attempts by certain forces to sow discord and smear the cooperation between the two countries, especially attacking and discrediting the CPEC. Terrorism also poses a constant threat to our cooperation. On 13th August, terrorists attacked a convoy of a Chinese added project in Gwadar, fortunately no Chinese citizens were killed or injured.
