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Chinese staff returns to Pakistan via charter flight for CPEC projects

BEIJING, March 23 (APP):Gezhouba Group, a Chinese construction and engineering company, sent 131 Chinese workers on a charter flight operated by China Southern Airlines to Pakistan in an effort to ensure projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) proceed, the company's website said. The group has several hydropower station projects in Pakistan. The 131 staff had returned to China for the New Year Holidays and had become stuck due to …

Chinese envoy vows to make CPEC a high quality model project of BRI ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (APP):The newly appointed Ambassador of China to Pakistan Nong Rong Friday said China wanted to build China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a high quality model project of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese envoy called on CPEC Authority Chairman Asim Bajwa here to exchange in-depth views on China-Pakistan relations and the construction of the CPEC. Minister Counselor Pang Chunxue, Chief Executive Officer of Corridor Affairs Authority Ali Shah were also present on the occasion, said a press release issued by the Chinese embassy. The chairman warmly welcomed Ambassador Nong to take up his new post, saying that the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and will grow stronger over time. The CPEC is an important project to change the destiny of Pakistan, and it has received the heartfelt support of the Pakistani government and people. Bajwa said, "The CPEC Authority is committed to providing a windowed one-stop service for the corridor project, and is willing to further strengthen communication and coordination with China to jointly promote new progress in cooperation in important areas such as Gwadar Port, infrastructure, industry, agriculture, social-economy, and will effectively protect the safety of CPEC projects and personnel so that the corridor can exert greater economic and social benefits and better benefit the people of the two countries". Ambassador Nong appreciated chairman’s firm support for China-Pakistan relations, and thanked chairman and CPEC Authority for their work. Nong said China and Pakistan were all-weather strategic partners, and the CPEC was a pilot project of all-round cooperation between the two countries. With the care and support of the top leaders of the two countries, the construction of the CPEC has continuously achieved positive results. "The embassy in Pakistan is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with the Authority, further implement the consensus of the leaders of the two countries, actively prepare for the 10th JCC, deepen and expand cooperation in the areas of industrial parks, agriculture, and social-economy under CPEC," he added.

BEIJING, March 23 (APP):Gezhouba Group, a Chinese construction and engineering company, sent 131 Chinese workers on a charter flight operated by China Southern Airlines to Pakistan in an effort to ensure projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) proceed, the company’s website said.

The group has several hydropower station projects in Pakistan. The 131 staff had returned to China for the New Year Holidays and had become stuck due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The group gathered from around the nation in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to board the flight to Islamabad on the weekend. The workers must undergo a 14-day quarantine on arrival.

A senior manager at Gwadar Port, a major project under the CPEC said that the port has been operating as normal, but due to the pandemic, many clients were facing difficulty retrieving their cargos.

Gezhouba Group were not available for comment as it was the weekend, but the return of workers seems to be part of the joint efforts made by China and Pakistan to continue work on CPEC projects, following President Arif Alvi’s visit to Beijing last week.

“It wasn’t easy to gather so many workers from Urumqi, and then fly to Islamabad. We had support from many departments, including the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan and the National Institute of Health of Pakistan,” Zhang Zhiqiang, vice director of Gezhouba Group’s Pakistan projects, was quoted as saying by CRI online.

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