{"id":103946,"date":"2025-11-18T12:29:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103946"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:29:41","slug":"tech-integration-as-cpec-shifts-to-digital-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tech-integration-as-cpec-shifts-to-digital-phase.html","title":{"rendered":"Pak seeks tech integration as CPEC shifts to digital phase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan has identified the Digital Silk Road as the next major phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and proposed a series of high-level technology partnerships with Beijing, according to a statement from the Ministry of IT reported by Arab News on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting with Zhang Yunmeng, vice minister of China\u2019s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja proposed joint ventures in 5G\/6G technologies, hardware manufacturing, and ICT components. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Telecommunication Development Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said the proposals were framed within Pakistan\u2019s broader digital cooperation agenda with China, noting that \u201cthe Pakistan-China Digital Silk Road\u201d is expected to anchor the next phase of CPEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cpecs-next-phase-to-boost-it-energy-agriculture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CPEC 2.0 to boost IT, energy, agriculture: Bilawal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan underscored the need for China\u2019s support in overcoming structural barriers that limit developing countries\u2019 participation in global technology supply chains. Islamabad called for a joint initiative to reduce the \u201csystemic diversity barrier\u201d in international tech sourcing and sought deeper cooperation in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, including through a bilateral talent-exchange programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the IT ministry, Khawaja also proposed industrial digital upgrades under China\u2019s \u201cintelligent manufacturing\u201d model to modernise local production and align domestic industries with emerging technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides discussed technical collaboration to position Pakistan as a regional data-transit hub through enhanced Pakistan-China fibre connectivity. The ministry said the two countries agreed to deepen their partnership in digital cooperation as discussions move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan has identified the Digital Silk Road as the next major phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and proposed a series of high-level technology partnerships with Beijing, according to a statement from the Ministry of IT reported by Arab News on Monday. During a meeting with Zhang Yunmeng, vice minister of China\u2019s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja proposed joint ventures in 5G\/6G technologies, hardware manufacturing, and ICT components. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Telecommunication Development Conference. The ministry said the proposals were framed within Pakistan\u2019s broader digital cooperation agenda with China, noting that \u201cthe Pakistan-China Digital Silk Road\u201d is expected to anchor the next phase of CPEC. Read: CPEC 2.0 to boost IT, energy, agriculture: Bilawal Pakistan underscored the need for China\u2019s support in overcoming structural barriers that limit developing countries\u2019 participation in global technology supply chains. Islamabad called for a joint initiative to reduce the \u201csystemic diversity barrier\u201d in international tech sourcing and sought deeper cooperation in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, including through a bilateral talent-exchange programme. According to the IT ministry, Khawaja also proposed industrial digital upgrades under China\u2019s \u201cintelligent manufacturing\u201d model to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":69325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[68245,69308,61069,103,69306,3886,60427,69311,63332,69312,65573,69309,6300,69307,69310,32,61199,63896,64886,2788],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-5g","9":"tag-6g","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-cloud-computing","13":"tag-cpec","14":"tag-cybersecurity","15":"tag-data-transit-hub","16":"tag-digital-economy","17":"tag-digital-silk-road","18":"tag-emerging-technologies","19":"tag-fibre-connectivity","20":"tag-ict","21":"tag-industrial-digitalisation","22":"tag-miit","23":"tag-pakistan","24":"tag-pakistan-china-relations","25":"tag-shaza-fatima-khawaja","26":"tag-tech-partnerships","27":"tag-technology","28":"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>Tech Integration as CPEC Shifts to Digital Phase - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The proposals were framed within Pakistan\u2019s broader digital cooperation agenda with China, noting that the Pak-China Digital Silk Road...\" \/>\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\/tech-integration-as-cpec-shifts-to-digital-phase.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tech Integration as CPEC Shifts to Digital Phase - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The proposals were framed within Pakistan\u2019s broader digital cooperation agenda with China, noting that the Pak-China Digital Silk Road...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tech-integration-as-cpec-shifts-to-digital-phase.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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