Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday lauded the \u201chistoric\u201d ties between Pakistan and China during a meeting with a Chinese business delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a handout from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, a high-level 11-member Chinese business delegation led by Qian Xiaojun, the founder, president and controlling shareholder of IBI Beijing United Technology, called on the premier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile welcoming the delegation to Pakistan, the prime minister said Pakistan and China enjoyed historic ties and the two countries were all-weather strategic cooperative partners,\u201d the handout said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He lauded the remarkable progress made by China under the visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping and said that he was looking forward to his\u00a0visit to China\u00a0later this month, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prime minister welcomed the growing business-to-business engagement between the two countries and said it was particularly encouraging that IBI would promote digital economy cooperation, investment facilitation and industrial collaboration, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expressing confidence in Pakistan\u2019s economy, Xiaojun said IBI hoped to help build the backbone for the digital transformation of Pakistan\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the establishment of IBI\u2019s Digital Economy headquarters in Pakistan would be the command centre for this transformation and would provide massive opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in Pakistan by offering a gateway for them to a vast Chinese market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n