INP
\nBEIJING
\nA spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lu Kang said here on Monday at a regular news briefing that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project for China-Pakistan cooperation in the new era, and it is also an important project for the \u201cBelt and Road\u201d construction.
\nCommenting on the implementation of the CPEC, he said in the past five years since the construction of the corridor, there have been 22 early harvest projects, creating tens of thousands of jobs for the local community and meeting the electricity needs of 8.6 million households.
\n\u201cThese have greatly improved the infrastructure of Pakistan and have greatly promoted the welfare of Pakistani people. Of course, it will be warmly welcomed by the Pakistani government and people.\u201d
\nAs for the adoption of international financing methods to implement major projects, this is also a global practice, especially for developing countries to break through the funding bottleneck and help increase growth.
\nAs far as the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is concerned, less than 20% of the current projects use Chinese loans, and more than 80% are Chinese direct investment and free aid.
\nTherefore, the construction of this project not only does not increase the burden on the Pakistani side, but also contributes to the economic strength of the stronger Pakistani side.
\nWe still hope that if the media concerned really cares about the welfare of the Pakistani people and cares about the development of Pakistan, it may be worthwhile to go to the field to find out how the local people evaluate the construction project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. On this basis, they can report China-Pakistan economic cooperation more realistically, the spokesperson added.
\nReplying to a question about the recent visit of Chinese State leaders to Europe, Lu Kang said, indeed, President Xi Jinping\u2019s first visit this year is Italy, Monaco and France. Premier Li Keqiang\u2019s current visit to Europe is to attend the China-EU summit and the China-Central and Eastern European countries\u2019 leaders and an official visit to Croatia.
\nEurope, he added is an important force in the world and has always been the focus of Chinese diplomacy. China\u2019s strengthening of relations with Europe is in line with China\u2019s wishes and the wishes of the EU.
\nAs you have seen the achievements of President Xi\u2019s visit to Europe, if the important consensus reached between China and the EU on maintaining multilateralism and maintaining a rules-based world trading system can have a greater driving effect on the international community, I believe that it includes Japan. All countries are welcome.
\nAs for whether that China-EU strengthens relations is related to other aspects, he said he don\u2019t see any inevitable links among them. Developing friendly relations with countries around the world has always been their wish. He believes that all parties also support and welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP BEIJING A spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lu Kang said here on Monday at a regular news briefing that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project for China-Pakistan cooperation in the new era, and it is also an important project for the \u201cBelt and Road\u201d construction. Commenting on the implementation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n