STORY: China is a very resilient economy: Pakistani official
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 6, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:01
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. file footages of Chinese cities
2. SOUNDBITE (English): ASAD ALI SHAH, Deputy chief of Economic Research and International Cooperation Section, Pakistan's Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives

STORYLINE:

China's economic performance shows great resilience in the face of external shocks and plays a crucial role in sustaining global economic activity, an official with Pakistan's Ministry of Planning said in a recent interview.

SOUNDBITE (English): ASAD ALI SHAH, Deputy chief of Economic Research and International Cooperation Section, Pakistan's Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives
"I think China's overall economic performance is very satisfactory. China is a very resilient economy.

China's opening up policy, China is integrated with the rest of the world, China is signing more FTAs with different countries, for example, the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) framework. This policy is still very useful not only for China and has lessons for other developing countries as well. 

There are many lessons that other developing countries can learn from China and can make progress.

So under this reform process, or under these initiatives, we can expect that China will make good progress.

And Chinese investment decisions and Chinese cooperation with other countries play an important role and can give momentum to the economic activity of the rest of the world."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)