STORY: High-quality CPEC highlights vitality of BRI: Pakistani expert
DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:52
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: POLITICS
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of CPEC projects in Pakistan
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
3. various of CPEC projects in Pakistan
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
5. various of CPEC projects in Pakistan
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
 
STORYLINE:
 
A Pakistani expert has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has brought high-quality development through win-win economic cooperation between Pakistan and China over the past ten years, highlighting the vitality of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
 
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
"China has invested on projects which are the economic growth, which are the wealth generation, which are the revenue generating projects.
China has helped Pakistan to develop the port. The port means when it is operational, it is generating the revenue for the government of Pakistan.
They have helped Pakistan to build roads and bridges and motorways. That means the transportation sector and the transportation of goods and people's movement have been eased. So this is the nature how the Chinese are really helping Pakistan in a great way."
 
Launched in 2013, CPEC, a flagship project of the BRI, is a corridor linking the Gwadar port in southwestern Pakistan with Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which highlights energy, transport and industrial cooperation.
 
Awan said with the launch of the BRI and Pakistan joining CPEC, a great change happened to Pakistan's economy with all economic indicators immensely improved. In addition, CPEC has stimulated economic activity in Pakistan, creating thousands of jobs and improving the socio-economic life of locals.
 
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
"Some of the Chinese companies they have selected some (Pakistani) youth and fresh graduates and sent them to China for proper training and high education. So China has helped Pakistan to produce a human resource to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
 
Recalling the acute shortage of electricity before CPEC was started, Awan said, CPEC invested heavily in the electricity sector for power generation and power transmission.
 
SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
"With the help of the Chinese under the CPEC projects, several projects of power generation work have been completed, and some are in the pipeline, and still some are under execution. And as a result of the completed power projects, Pakistan has gotten out of load shedding, and almost we are producing sufficient electricity to meet the demand of Pakistan currently."
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)