Overview
- Senior Pakistani and Chinese officials restated their long‑standing strategic ties at a seminar marking 75 years of relations and pledged to advance CPEC Phase‑II.
- Speakers cited official CPEC results of roughly $25.9 billion in direct investment, more than 260,000 jobs, over 8,000 MW of added power and extensive road and transmission build‑out.
- Pakistan said CPEC Phase‑II will be organized around five corridors—growth, livelihoods, innovation, green development, and opening‑up—and will expand cooperation in mining, agriculture and industry.
- Delegates highlighted concrete project plans such as the Karakoram Highway Phase II realignment and a Balochistan livelihood package while noting most Phase‑II works remain in planning or early implementation stages.
- Officials linked CPEC to wider goals by endorsing China’s Global Governance Initiative, promoting new China‑Pakistan joint ventures and saying projects like Gwadar port access could boost trade and local jobs.