Xi Jinping hosts 10th-anniversary BRI summit in Beijing. Vladimir Putin attends despite diplomatic isolation. Putin supports BRI and underlines global threats. Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a global summit in Beijing, marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The guest of honor was Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who rarely leaves Russia … Read more
KUNMING: Foreign trade in southwest China’s Yunnan Province registered a 16.8-per cent year-on-year growth in 2021, reaching 314.4 billion yuan (about $49.4 billion), Kunming Customs said on Wednesday. The province’s exports rose 16.3 per cent year-on-year to 176.7 billion yuan in 2021, while imports gained 17.3 per cent to about 137.7 billion yuan. Trade between … Read more
BEIJING: China stands ready to work with Pakistan to promote the high quality development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) so that it will drive growth and benefit people’s livelihood, and play a bigger role in promoting regional connectivity and economic integration, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a … Read more
BEIJING — Cooperation and investment projects worth about 8.8 billion U.S. dollars were signed at the 24th Beijing-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Symposium that closed Tuesday in Beijing. The projects under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are expected to inject new impetus for high-quality economic development in fields including biological medicine, artificial … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday to kick-start an era of research and academics in various fields of commonalities, a statement said. The agreement was signed between the Islamabad Policy Research Institute and the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan at a roundtable, … Read more
BEIJING: The online opening ceremony of Sino-Pakistan Silk Road Institute of Electric Power was held simultaneously at Zhengzhou Electric Power College (ZEPC), China and the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan. This Institute of Electric Power aims at strengthening the communications and research in the electric power technology between ZEPC and UET, Lahore, … Read more
BEIJING: China-Africa cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative has shown great resilience and vitality since the outbreak of COVID-19, helping anti-pandemic cooperation between the two sides, said a white paper released Friday. According to the white paper titled “China and Africa in the New Era: A Partnership of Equals,” more than 1,100 China-Africa joint … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to continue promoting the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through joint efforts. The BRI should aim for high-standard, sustainable and people-centered progress, said Xi while addressing a high-level symposium on the initiative, according to the CGTN. This year marks the eighth year since … Read more
BEIJING — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday held a phone conversation with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud over bilateral ties and cooperation. Wang said that in the face of the volatile international situation, China and Saudi Arabia need to maintain close strategic communication, which is … Read more
Pakistan aims at becoming climate neutral by 2050 BEIJING: The soaring carbon dioxide emissions have led to frequent occurrences of climate anomalies and extreme climate disasters all over the world, and green development has become a global consensus. In this context, China sets targets to peak its CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon … Read more
BEIJING: As officials from China, Pakistan and Afghanistan revealed an inclination to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project to Afghanistan, experts said such projects could help boost Afghanistan’s exports. The project will be conducive to the country’s journey of peace, but the feasibility of the project depends … Read more
After being pulled out of a major rail project in southeastern Iran bordering Afghanistan, India is also set to lose a major gas field project that has been underway for 10 years. The Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Tehran would develop the Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf region … Read more
After separating India from the important ChaBahar project, Iran supported the CPEC and Belt and Road Initiative(BRI). Iran decided to build its own railway line by separating India from the project on the pretext of tricks. Iran will now complete the Chabahar railway line without India. This agreement was reached between India and Iran 4 … Read more
