ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that the Governmentaccorded top priority to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project asit would not only help in translating all weather Pak-China relations intomutually beneficial economic equation but would also open new vistas ofopportunities for the entire region.
The Prime Minister was meeting with representatives of 15 leading Chinesecompanies working on various CPEC and other projects in Pakistan.
The Chinese delegation included representatives from Power China, ThreeGorges Corporation, CMEC Neelum Jhelum Power Plant Project, Cr-NorincoOrange Line Project, Huawei, Zong, Port Qasim Power Plant, China GezhoubaCorporation, China State Construction, China Harbour, Matiari-LahoreTransmission Line Project, Haier and other companies. Chinese Ambassador toPakistan Yao Jing accompanies the delegation.
Omar Ayub Khan, Minister for Power, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Minister forPlanning, Haroon Sharif, Chairman BOI, Nadeem Babar, Chairman Energy TaskForce and other senior officials were also present.
Talking to the Chinese delegation, the Prime Minister said that theGovernment would provide all possible facilitation to the Chinese companiesin undertaking profitable business ventures and taking advantage ofbusiness friendly policies of the present government.
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Chinese Ambassador while conveying greetings from Chinese President andPremier,said that Chinese leadership was looking forward to the visit ofPrime Minister to China.
He thanked the Prime Minister on behalf of Chinese leadership and businesscommunity for his personal interest in facilitating Chinese businessmen andaddressing their issues.
He assured the Prime Minister that Chinese companies would continue topartner with the government in socio-economic development of Pakistan.
