ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has vowed to enhance Pakistan’s partnership with China in all sectors of economy to ensure mutual benefit for both the countries.
Addressing a Roundtable Conference on ‘CPEC and Pakistan Paradise for Investment’ on Tuesday, the president said both the countries enjoy good partnership in the field of IT.
He said relationship between the two countries is very deep and it has been further cemented by the peoples’ friendship.
The President said the CPEC is a comprehensive and substantive framework of cooperation between the two countries. He said the project not only envisaged construction of physical infrastructure to improve connectivity but also energy projects and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). He was confident that Pakistan will soon emerge as a strong country in the comity of nations.
The President said Pakistan can also learn from the Chinese experience in poverty alleviation and improving the health sector.
The President said the Central Asian States are also looking at the CPEC project with great interest as Gawadar Port will provide them access to world markets.
President Arif Alvi stressed for giving incentives to attract both domestic and foreign investments in the country. He said incentives should be such which make their products competitive in the world markets. He said given the importance of Small and Medium enterprises, Pakistan also wants to facilitate and encourage this important sector of the economy.
