{"id":54374,"date":"2019-08-14T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=54374"},"modified":"2019-08-09T12:08:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T07:08:56","slug":"china-urges-pakistanis-benefit-from-free-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/china-urges-pakistanis-benefit-from-free-trade-agreement.html","title":{"rendered":"China urges Pakistanis to benefit from Free-Trade Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, Zhao Lijian has urged investors in Pakistan to benefit from the Free-Trade Agreement recently signed between the two countries, a news source reported. Under this agreement, China has offered Pakistan access to 90% of its market free of cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/china-ready-expand-cpecs-scope-benefit-people.html\">China ready to expand CPEC\u2019s scope to benefit people<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lijian reiterated that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would help strengthen the economy of Pakistan. Details on how the projects \u2013 launched under the CPEC \u2013 will benefit various sectors in Pakistan is available online, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy chief also shared details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/independent-body-to-oversee-progress-of-cpec-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CPEC<\/a> projects completed so far. He said that 11 out of the 22 planned projects were recently completed, while the remaining projects were being developed at a brisk pace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/acres-of-land-acquired-for-free-trade-zone-in-gwadar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acres of land acquired for free trade zone in Gwadar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar initiative, Lijian said that China aimed to develop and improve Pakistan\u2019s industrial sector, help fix the energy crises, improve road and related infrastructure and modernise the Gwadar Port. In Pakistan, Beijing had focused on the development of basic infrastructural facilities and establishments of power plants during the last five years, he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lijian, China aimed for industrial development in the country during the second phase of the CPEC. Projects planned for completion include the Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Park and the Rashakai and Dhabeji economic zones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, Zhao Lijian has urged investors in Pakistan to benefit from the Free-Trade Agreement recently signed between the two countries, a news source reported. Under this agreement, China has offered Pakistan access to 90% of its market free of cost. Read:\u00a0China ready to expand CPEC\u2019s scope to benefit people Lijian reiterated that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would help strengthen the economy of Pakistan. Details on how the projects \u2013 launched under the CPEC \u2013 will benefit various sectors in Pakistan is available online, he added. The deputy chief also shared details on the CPEC projects completed so far. He said that 11 out of the 22 planned projects were recently completed, while the remaining projects were being developed at a brisk pace. Read:\u00a0Acres of land acquired for free trade zone in Gwadar Highlighting the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar initiative, Lijian said that China aimed to develop and improve Pakistan\u2019s industrial sector, help fix the energy crises, improve road and related infrastructure and modernise the Gwadar Port. In Pakistan, Beijing had focused on the development of basic infrastructural facilities and establishments of power plants during the last five years,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":50879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-china-urges-pakistanis-to-benefit-from-free-trade-agreement"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China urges Pakistanis to benefit from Free-Trade Agreement - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, Zhao Lijian has urged investors in Pakistan to benefit from the Free-Trade\" \/>\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\/china-urges-pakistanis-benefit-from-free-trade-agreement.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China urges Pakistanis to benefit from Free-Trade Agreement - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, Zhao Lijian has urged investors in Pakistan to benefit from the Free-Trade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/china-urges-pakistanis-benefit-from-free-trade-agreement.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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