Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China from June 4 to 8 at President Xi Jinping’s invitation.
According to Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the prime minister will visit Xi’an, Shenzhen, and Beijing during the trip.
Shehbaz Sharif will meet President Xi Jinping in Beijing and hold delegation-level talks with Premier Li Qiang. He will also meet the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Zhao Leji, and heads of key government departments.
An important aspect of the visit will be meetings with corporate executives of leading Chinese companies in oil and gas, energy, ICT, and emerging technologies.
PM Shehbaz will address the China-Pakistan Business Forum in Shenzhen and engage with leading businesspersons, entrepreneurs, and investors from both countries.
He will also visit Economic and Agricultural Zones in China. The prime minister’s visit to China underscores the strong Pakistan-China friendship, marked by frequent high-level exchanges and dialogue.
Discussions will aim to strengthen the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership. The visit will focus on enhancing cooperation in security, defence, energy, space, science and technology, education, and cultural cooperation.
Spokesperson Mao Ning stated that the official visit would boost the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership and build a closer community of destiny in the new era.
Mao Ning emphasized that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners and “iron-clad” friends. She noted that the China-Pakistan friendship had been tested by time and remains as solid as a rock and as stable as Mount Taishan.
