China and Pakistan are poised to mutually benefit from each other's markets, with substantial projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) set to bring advantages to both countries, said Mir Salam Khan Jogezai, senior reporter for Pakistan Television.
Jogezai commended the passage of a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, stressing that Pakistan benefits when the Chinese economy prospers.
"Pakistan is keenly interested in China's economic reform, especially in the new trends of trade investment of China, which is also provided for Pakistan. And Pakistan is a very reliable and good friend of China and a close neighbor. So, in the Belt and Road Initiative, the CPEC, which is the flagship project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the Belt and Road Initiative. So Pakistan is also a great potential market for China, and China is also a great potential market for Pakistan, especially in the agriculture field, in the environmental field, in the culture exchange and fish, trees and minerals," said the reporter in an interview with China Global Television Network.
Pointing to major collaborative projects in Pakistan, Jogezai highlighted their potential to deliver substantial benefits.
"There are so many projects, especially in CPEC, the Gwadar Deep-sea Port is the major project nowadays.[The New] Gwadar International Airport, which is in my province, is almost completed and I hope in the near future it will be integrated. So it will be become the hub of the air traffic like Dubai, like Qatar. Now in the BRI context, refer to the partnerships that are sustainable, enclosing mutual benefits, not for China, but for the whole world. It involves not only the economic investment but also the development, the social development, the infrastructure development, the people's lifestyle development. So, outcome inclusiveness," Jogezai said.
China shares substantial market potential with other countries through BRI: Pakistani analyst
China is ready to join hands with Africa and the UNESCO to advance education cooperation and cultural exchanges, Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said in Beijing on Friday at the opening ceremony of a China-Africa-UNESCO dialog on education and cultural heritage protection.
Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that education and cultural cooperation is an important part of the friendly cooperation between China and Africa.
He said that President Xi Jinping has put forward significant initiatives concerning Africa such as the cultural and people-to-people cooperation plan, the capacity building action and the cultural and people-to-people exchange program in the new era, which have led China-Africa education and cultural cooperation to go deeper and more solid, and achieved a series of fruitful results.
Ding stressed that China is willing to work together with African countries and the UNESCO to expand and deepen educational cooperation and promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning, to facilitate the advancing of modernization in Africa and jointly build an all-weather community with a shared future for the new era.
Firstly, joint efforts will be made to accelerate the implementation of Education 2030 Agenda, strengthen digital education exchange and cooperation, assist in conducting training programs for teachers and promote the modernization of education in Africa, he said.
Secondly, joint efforts will be made to empower youth employment and entrepreneurship, including establishing high-level Luban workshops, so as to help more African youth realize their dreams, said Ding.
Thirdly, joint efforts will be made to enhance the protection of cultural heritage, by deepening cooperation in various sectors including archaeology, historical monuments conservation and restoration, professional talent cultivation and capacity building, he said.
President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera, Vice President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire Tiemoko Meyliet Kone, Vice President of Mauritius Eddy Boissezon and Assistant Director General for Education of the UNESCO Stefania Giannini delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony drew about 460 participants, including government officials from China and African nations, heads of universities and vocational institutions, experts and scholars, and representatives from international organizations.
Vice premier says China ready to advance cooperation with Africa, UNESCO
