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China-Pakistan joint research center inaugurated to help mitigate climate change impacts in Pakistan

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STORY: China-Pakistan joint research center inaugurated to help mitigate climate change impacts in Pakistan
DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:47
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the inauguration of the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC)
2. various of meeting
3. SOUNDBITE 1  (English): KAUSAR ABDULLAH MALIK, Pakistan's caretaker Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MUKHTAR AHMED, Chairman of the Higher Education Commission
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CUI PENG, CPJRC Director-General

STORYLINE:

The China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC), a high-level scientific and technological innovation platform between the two countries, has been inaugurated here at Quaid-i-Azam University, aimed at promoting sci-tech cooperation against climate-induced disasters and on talent cultivation.

The CPJRC inaugurated on Wednesday will act as a national platform for China-Pakistan science and education cooperation, covering research areas including tectonics, environment, ecology, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development.

To mark the inauguration of the center, an event was held in the university's earth sciences department gathering a large number of students, and Chinese and Pakistani academics, and officials.

Speaking at the event, Pakistan's caretaker Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Kausar Abdullah Malik, said the climate-induced food security challenge is a big concern for Pakistan, and the center represents a great hope.

He said China has a very resilient agricultural system and possesses the technology and research capability to address challenges posed by excessive rains, drought, and other climatic conditions, so the transfer of research through the center will help Pakistan learn from China and adopt its methods.

SOUNDBITE 1  (English): KAUSAR ABDULLAH MALIK, Pakistan's caretaker Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research
"There are so many things that we have to learn from our Chinese colleagues, and I'm aware of these technologies and therefore I think this coming together of Chinese scientists and Pakistani scientists is an excellent way to develop this collaboration."

Implementing sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural practices is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change on food security and ensuring the long-term sustainability of agriculture, he said, adding the center will be highly beneficial in this endeavor.

Speaking at the event, Mukhtar Ahmed, chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) said that in 2018, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the HEC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote construction of the center, with strong support from the leadership of both countries.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MUKHTAR AHMED, Chairman of the Higher Education Commission
"Today, we reiterated that we have to work together, Pakistan higher education institution and Chinese Academy of Science, the Chinese institution, particularly those two universities which are directly under Chinese Academy of Sciences, our research partners, Pakistani researchers and researchers from China, they are going to collaborate with each other."

In his remarks, CPJRC Director-General Cui Peng said the center will also study and evaluate impacts from geo-hazards and climate change to the area of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the local sustainable development.

Launched in 2013, the CPEC under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a corridor linking Pakistan's Gwadar port with Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighting energy, transport, and industrial cooperation.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CUI PENG, CPJRC Director-General
"For example, the issues of its resources, its ecology, its environment and disaster prevention and reduction. These four issues are not only a very important factor or problems that must be solved to support sustainable development in a region, but also the core elements of green development."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)

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