Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani has proposed that Gawader and Chinese city of Dalian should be made sister cities due to their commonalities and bond of friendship between Pakistan and China.
His suggestion came during a meeting with Chairman of Liaoning Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Xia Deren in Dalian.
Senate Chairman said he has witnessed remarkable development and economic progress in domain of public and national life in China.
He said China and Pakistan are actively engaging at level of central governments but he believes that there is huge potential for cooperation among provinces, cities and regions of both the countries too.
He said that Dalian has a significant history of being financial, shipping and logistics center for Northern Asia. Sadiq Sanjrani said Gwadar is future of Pakistan and is expected to become hub of economic activities for the whole region. He said that Gwadar and Dalian have huge potential for future cooperation and we are eager to learn from experience of Dalian in area of development, trade and shipment.
Senate Chairman said Gwadar is the gateway of CEPEC, which is why it is witnessing the most rapid development, positively transforming the lives of people of Baluchistan and on the way of becoming hub of regional transshipment.
Chairman Senate said both the sides can also cooperate in education sector through scholarships exchange and research in different specialties like maritime studies, medicine, finance, economics and science and technology.
During his visit Chairman has reiterated that for Pakistan China’s rise is source of regional and global stability. He said the emerging regional scenario calls for indigenous solutions to the issues being faced by the Asia and China can play a major role in overcoming the challenges hampering regional development. Chairman Senate also visited Urban Planning Exhibition, harbor and port business building in the city.