China-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) on Information Technology Industryhas identified six areas of cooperation in the Information andCommunications Technology sector such as policy regulations, cybersecurity, Human Resource Development, and 5G.
The meeting of JWG was held virtually in the Ministry of IT andTelecommunication. It was decided that both the countries would benefitfrom each other’s experience on the subjects of the spectrum, policyregulations, cyber security, Human Resource Development, and 5G.
Moreover, it was also decided that both the countries would share a list ofprojects with each other in which joint efforts would be made to solve theproblems.
According to the officials of the Ministry of Information Technology andTelecommunication, this was the first high-level meeting to discuss thescope of collaboration between the two countries under the umbrella of theChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Pakistani side was led by theAdditional Secretary ministry of IT and Telecommunication, Mohsin Mushtaq,while the Chinese side was headed by the vice minister of Industry and ITof China, Zhang Yunming.
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Addressing the meeting, Mohsin Mushtaq said that Pakistan and China wouldbenefit from this JWG and the initiatives that will be completed under thisrelationship. This working group will open exciting opportunities forPakistani tech companies and facilitate the launching of 5G technology inPakistan, he added.
