Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PM Shehbaz to meet Chinese Premier Li today

PM Shehbaz

BEIJING: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday to discuss the bilateral cooperation and exchange views on the matters of regional and international importance. The prime minister, who is in China on a six-day visit, mainly to attend SCO moots and Victory Day parade, will also hold … Read more

Li Qiang visit Pakistan to expand bilateral cooperation: China

Li Qiang

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang official visit to Pakistan would enhance traditional friendship, strengthen strategic communication, expand bilateral cooperation across the board and building of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in a high quality way, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

Through this visit, China looks to working with Pakistan to enhance the traditional friendship, strengthen strategic communication, build China Pakistan Economic Corridor in a high quality way, deepen and expand cooperation across the board, and accelerate the building of a closer China Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era and jointly work for regional peace, development and prosperity, Mao Ning said during her regular briefing held here.

At the invitation of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Chinese Premier Li Qiang is visiting Pakistan from October 14 to 17.

The spokesperson said that China and Pakistan are ironclad friends and all weather strategic cooperative partners and added, Our relations have stood the test of time and remained rock solid.

She pointed out that this June Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif paid an official visit to China. The two sides actively delivered on the important common understandings reached by the leaders of the two countries and the bilateral relations have maintained sound momentum of development.

She said that this is primarily Li Qiang first visit to Pakistan after he took office and marks exchange of visits at the head of government level between the two countries within a year, which is of significance to deepening all weather strategic cooperative partnership.

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Chinese Premier Li set to arrive in Islamabad for 4-day visit on Monday

Chinese Premier Li visit

ISLAMABAD: Li Qiang, the Premier of China’s State Council, is set to embark on a four-day official visit to Pakistan from October 14-17, 2024. During this visit, he will engage with Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership and also participate in the Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. According … Read more

Chinese premier stresses intensified implementation of tax, fee cuts

Chinese

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday stressed intensifying tax and fee cuts to provide relief to businesses and revitalise the market. Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks at a symposium on the implementation of tax and … Read more

IMF sees China’s growth ‘slowing notably’

IMF

WASHINGTON: China has an important part to play in the global economy, as it recovers from the Covid-19, but its growth is slowing, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. The head of the Washington-based crisis lender held a virtual meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and discussed topics ranging from inflation to the recovery … Read more

Chinese Premier urges expedited negotiations of the COC

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said that China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries should expedite the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) negotiations and strive for its early conclusion. Li made the remarks when attending the 24th China-ASEAN Summit. He said that peace in the South … Read more