STORY: Economic corridor with China injects development vitality into Pakistan
DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:29
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the cooperation projects between China and Pakistan
2. STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZUBAIR TUFAIL, Electrical engineer of Matiari-Lahore HVDC transmission project
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AFTAB AHMED, Staff member of Thar Block-I Integrated Coal Mine Power Project
6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KHURRAM DASTGIR KHAN, Pakistan's Minister for Power
7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MOAAZ AWAN, Senior manager at China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd.
8. STANDUP 2 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
9. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister
 
STORYLINE:
 
It's been 10 years since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was launched.
 
STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
"The decade-long CPEC has contributed to sustainable development and growth in Pakistan. The joint efforts of the two countries have made it possible through untiring hard work and commitment. Let's review this evolution and how a vision of shared prosperity has turned into reality as an economic development engine, friendship bridge and promotion of a clean-green environment."
 
Over the past decade, the CPEC has made tremendous progress. As of 2022, CPEC had brought 25.4 billion U.S. dollars in direct investment to Pakistan and created some 236,000 jobs for the country. 
 
According to the Chinese Embassy to Pakistan, the CPEC has helped Pakistan generate 8,000 megawatts of electricity, add 886 km to the national core transmission grid and build 510 km of highways.
 
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance
"China has invested in projects which are the economic growth, which are the wealth generation, which are the revenue-generating projects."
 
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZUBAIR TUFAIL, Electrical engineer of Matiari-Lahore HVDC transmission project
"The Chinese helped us so much, especially like they have assigned us one Chinese to every Pakistani engineer."
 
SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AFTAB AHMED, Staff member of Thar Block-I Integrated Coal Mine Power Project
"Many people got jobs like this. We are engineers. We graduated from China and have a good opportunity to work here with the Chinese."
 
SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KHURRAM DASTGIR KHAN, Pakistan's Minister for Power
"This commitment by China is truly an all-weather friendship. It has been shown to the people of Pakistan."
 
SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MOAAZ AWAN, Senior manager at China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd.
"At the Karot project, we are demonstrating how CPEC and BRI are not just about infrastructure development, but also about green development and environmental protection."
 
STANDUP 2 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
"The CPEC is now entering a new stage of high-quality development, expanding cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and people's livelihood. The two sides will work together to build corridors for growth, people's livelihood, innovation, green development and openness so as to make greater contribution to peace and prosperity of the two countries and the region."
 
SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister
"This has been a wonderful relationship, a wonderful journey. Let's continue with the journey."
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)