{"id":103398,"date":"2025-09-23T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103398"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:55:23","slug":"chinese-firm-to-set-up-laptop-manufacturing-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-to-set-up-laptop-manufacturing-facility.html","title":{"rendered":"Chinese firm to set up laptop manufacturing facility in Pak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Pakistan is in discussions with Chinese technology company HYF to establish a laptop and tablet manufacturing facility in the country, in what officials describe as a major step to boost local production and attract foreign investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Haroon Akhtar Khan met HYF\u2019s chief executive officer on Monday and assured full government support and security for Chinese investors. HYF is a technology firm specializing in laptops, tablets, and fingerprint devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khan said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed authorities to extend \u201call possible facilitation\u201d to Chinese companies. He also confirmed that the government\u2019s upcoming Mobile Device Policy will cover laptops and tablets in addition to smartphones, broadening the scope of local manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-offers-to-help-develop-bullet-train.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chinese firm offers to help develop bullet train project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ease investor entry, Pakistan has already relaxed its visa regime for Chinese nationals, enabling visit and business visas to be processed within 24 to 72 hours. Khan also directed the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) and the Engineering Development Board (EDB) to provide maximum cooperation to HYF in setting up the proposed facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials believe the move could help reduce Pakistan\u2019s reliance on imported electronics, support job creation, and position the country as a potential hub for affordable laptops and tablets in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan is in discussions with Chinese technology company HYF to establish a laptop and tablet manufacturing facility in the country, in what officials describe as a major step to boost local production and attract foreign investment. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Haroon Akhtar Khan met HYF\u2019s chief executive officer on Monday and assured full government support and security for Chinese investors. HYF is a technology firm specializing in laptops, tablets, and fingerprint devices. Khan said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed authorities to extend \u201call possible facilitation\u201d to Chinese companies. He also confirmed that the government\u2019s upcoming Mobile Device Policy will cover laptops and tablets in addition to smartphones, broadening the scope of local manufacturing. Read: Chinese firm offers to help develop bullet train project To ease investor entry, Pakistan has already relaxed its visa regime for Chinese nationals, enabling visit and business visas to be processed within 24 to 72 hours. Khan also directed the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) and the Engineering Development Board (EDB) to provide maximum cooperation to HYF in setting up the proposed facility. Officials believe the move could help reduce Pakistan\u2019s reliance on imported electronics, support job creation, and position the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":62137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[7553,68216,68210,4295,65394,68208,68212,68215,68214,34475,68213,61118,68211,68209],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-chinese-investment","9":"tag-edb","10":"tag-electronics-industry","11":"tag-foreign-investment","12":"tag-haroon-akhtar-khan","13":"tag-hyf","14":"tag-laptop-manufacturing","15":"tag-local-production","16":"tag-mobile-device-policy","17":"tag-pakistan-economy","18":"tag-pidc","19":"tag-shehbaz-sharif","20":"tag-tablet-manufacturing","21":"tag-technology-sector","22":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese firm to set up laptop manufacturing facility - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"He also confirmed that the government\u2019s upcoming Mobile Device Policy will cover laptops and tablets in addition to smartphones...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-to-set-up-laptop-manufacturing-facility.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese firm to set up laptop manufacturing facility - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He also confirmed that the government\u2019s upcoming Mobile Device Policy will cover laptops and tablets in addition to smartphones...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-to-set-up-laptop-manufacturing-facility.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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