Pakistan ranks top 10 in improvement of business environment, says AnnualReport on Investment Security of China’s “Belt and Road” Construction(2021).
According to China Economic Net on Sunday, the report was jointly releasedby China Belt and Road Think Tank Cooperation Alliance, BeijingInternational Studies University, and other institutions.
The report puts forward the fruits of researches on the political,economic, social, cultural, and ecological investment security in countriesalong the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
According to the report, Pakistan has reformed to simplify the process ofstarting a company and obtaining a construction permit, implementing aseries of preferential policies in recent years.
These measures improved its ability to attract foreign investment andstrengthened the ease of doing business year by year, making Pakistan oneof the world’s top 10 economies with the most improved business environment.
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In terms of political security, the report said that South Asia as a wholeis greatly affected by the superpower game.
China, the United States, Russia, Japan, and other countries outside theregion have historical ties and practical cooperation here, which makes thegeopolitical environment of South Asia complicated.
The long-running conflict between India and Pakistan has also intensifiedpressures on political security in the region, under which the dispute overKashmir poses a long-standing risk of war.
