Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) of the Embassy of China, Mr Shi Yuanqiang has termed Premier Li Qiang’s recent visit to Pakistan another significant step in strengthening the China-Pakistan All Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership.
The continuous reforms and opening up have opened up new avenues of development and opportunities for the people and the government of China, said he.
Mr Shi expressed these views while addressing the Hong Ting Forum: Dialogue in Islamabad titled ‘Understanding China-Pakistan All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and Chinese-Style Modernization Development Path” here on Friday.
The China Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC) had organized the event at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) in collaboration with Xinhua News Agency. Pakistan’s former Ambassador to China Masood Khalid also addressed the audience. The event highlighted China’s unique national modernization and the importance of the China Pakistan All Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership. Participants included experts from the diplomatic community, academia, think tanks and civil society.
DCM Shi Yuanqiang informed the audience that the leadership of both China and Pakistan had agreed on supporting and promoting the three Initiatives: The Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. This new collaboration, he said was in addition to promoting the CPEC and people-to-people relations between both countries. He also added that any attempt to undermine cooperation between both countries by acts of terrorism would be dealt with iron hand and there was no room for weakening this bond of enduring partnership.
Ambassador Masood Khalid, former Ambassador of Pakistan to China, in his keynote address stated that China had made significant developments to the world including building the Great Wall, introducing meritocracy and building the great canal system. China’s development journey has been marked with the economy growing from $2.286 trillion in 2005 to $18 trillion today.
