CPEC changing people’s lives, says Shaukat Aziz

Insists project creating many job opportunities, attracting massive investments

BEIJING: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, has stated bringing real and long-lasting change in the lives of people as well as business community, said former prime minister Shaukat Aziz.

He made these remarks at the opening session of a symposium on the “19th CPC National Congress: Implications for China and the World.”



He said excitement was at the peak for the people and business community as benefits of CPEC were being felt. A lot of job opportunities were being created and industries were being revived while work on infrastructure projects was under way in different parts of the country, said the former premier.

Massive investments under the CPEC framework had started attracting international investors and now they were examining different opportunities, Aziz added.

He was of the view that the Belt and Road Initiative was providing an opportunity to create new routes for both China and Pakistan with Central Asia, Africa, Europe and the regions beyond.



On the outcome of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), he said it gave a two-strategy roadmap for the development and prosperity of China, but also invited other countries to join it and reap benefits under the initiative.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 17^th, 2017.

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