ISLAMABAD, April 11: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that the government has accorded top priority to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project as it would not only help in translating all-weather Pakistan-China relations into a mutually beneficial economic equation but would also open new vistas of opportunities for the entire region.
The prime minister said this while meeting with representatives of 15 leading Chinese companies working on various CPEC and other projects in Pakistan.
The Chinese delegation included representatives from Power China, Three Gorges Corporation, CMEC Neelum-Jhelum Power Plant Project, Cr-Norinco Orange Line Project, Huawei, Zong, Port Qasim
Power Plant, China Gezhouba Corporation, China State Construction, China Harbour, Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line Project, Haier and other companies.
According to a press statement from the PM office, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing accompanied the delegation.
Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan, Minister for Planning Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Chairman Board of Investment (BoI) Haroon Sharif, Chairman Energy Task Force Nadeem Babar, and other senior officials were also present during the meeting.
Speaking to the Chinese delegation, the prime minister said that the government would provide all possible facilitation to the Chinese companies in undertaking profitable business ventures and taking advantage of business-friendly policies of the present government. -Agencies
