ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is currently in Shenzhen on the first leg of his five-day visit to China.
The premier will participate in China-Pakistan Business Forum today. Under the second phase of CPEC, the forum will be an important milestone for cooperation and partnership between Pakistani and Chinese companies in various fields.
He will also meet the heads of leading Chinese high-tech companies during the forum.
Later, PM Shehbaz Sharif will also visit Nanshan One Window, Shenzhen Museum and Huawei headquarters.
Meanwhile, Shehbaz Sharif has vowed to replicate China’s successful model of development in Pakistan.
In his article published by Global Times, he expressed the confidence that China-Pakistan deepening cooperation will yield even greater benefits, improving the lives of their citizens and their most vital assets. He said this will build a stronger China-Pakistan Community of Shared Future in the New Era.
The prime minister said the upgraded version of the CPEC promises an even brighter future. Both sides have jointly built a growth corridor, a livelihood-enhancing corridor, an innovation corridor, a green corridor, and an open corridor, which resonate with the people-centric development agenda of the Pakistani government.
He said the upgraded version of the CPEC envisions over sixty high-quality cooperation projects. He said Pakistan is dedicated to further elevating its time-tested and enduring partnership with China to greater heights.
