BEIJING – Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday suggested setting up of BRITourism Corridor to improve labour skills and mobility and creatingmulti-lingual digital platforms.
PM Khan highly appreciated the tremendous development of China and liftingof over 700 million people out of poverty within a short span of threedecades.He made these remarks while speaking at Leaders Roundtable of the secondBelt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held here.The thematic focus of the Roundtable was: “Boosting Connectivity to ExploreNew Sources of Growth.”
In his statement, the Prime Minister underscored the vital importance ofgreater connectivity among BRI participating countries and proposed fourspecific areas for particular focus including digital connectivity,mobility of labour, cultural connectivity and sharing best practices inknowledge and innovation.
To advance these proposals, among other things, the Prime Ministersuggested setting up of BRI Tourism Corridor to improve labour skills andmobility and creating multi-lingual digital platforms.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasized that China Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC), a transformational project, would play an important role inboosting connectivity between the Gwadar Port and Xinjiang region of China.Reiterating Pakistan’s appreciation of President Xi Jinping’s Belt and RoadInitiative, the Prime Minister underlined that regional connectivity,resulting in enhanced cooperation and prosperity, would help find commonsolutions to longstanding problems.
The Leaders’ Roundtable was addressed by a large number of participatingleaders including Russian Federation, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,Uzbekistan, Chile, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Singapore, Myanmar, Italy, Hungary,Singapore and Greece.
