The Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that agreements signed between China and the Punjab like Taunsa Barrage and Lahore Mass Transit System would not have been possible without the personal interest of Chinese leadership.
He was addressing a road show arranged by Punjab Trade Investment Forum in Beijing, today. Chinese traders and industrialists, senior officials of policy-making institutions related to infrastructure, livestock, energy, transport and finance were present in large numbers on the occasion.
The Chinese investors present in the function evinced keen interest in the joint ventures of public welfare. Miao Jang Shu of China Council for International Investment Promotion and Pakistani Ambassador to China, Masood Khan also spoke on the occasion.
The Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif called upon the Chinese investors to come forward and take Pakistan-China friendship even higher and stronger than the Himalayas through their practical cooperation.
He said that Pakistanis wanted Chinese cooperation with Pakistan to be increased at the same pace at which China had progressed. Earlier, Planning and Development Chairman Javed Aslam and Secretary Communications Azam Salman gave a briefing about Rawalpindi and Lahore Ring Road.
