11th China Steel Energy Conservation & Emission Reduction Forum held in line with China’s President Xi Jinping’s vision BEIJING – Top experts, industrialists and government officials have highlighted strengths and long-term planning of low-carbon and high-quality development of iron and steel in China in the epidemic times. The views by experts were expressed at the occasion of 11th China Steel …

Departure is difficult decision; Pakistanis would always live in my heart, says outgoing Chinese envoy   ISLAMABAD – Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing on Friday said that eight Agricultural Research Centers would be constructed under the Agricultural Cooperation between Pakistan and China under the China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Addressing a farewell briefing to media on the end of his …

ISLAMABAD – A senior executive at Chinese technology giant, Huawei Pakistan, has said that China and its companies respect other countries and people’s security and Huawei will never steal consumers’ data as it believes in fair play. Chief Executive Officer Huawei Pakistan Qiang Meng told media that Huawei has already confirmed that it will never install backdoors in its products …

BEIJING –  The 11th China Iron and Steel Development Forum contemplated upon the new challenges and opportunities being faced by the iron and steel industry under the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of the session was “insisting on supply-side structural reforms and strengthening the construction of the iron and steel industrial chain in the post-epidemic period” and the President of the …

BEIJING: China will provide over Rs 2 billion to Pakistan for completion of a smart university transformation project, it emerged on Saturday. The project, which is a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will help accelerate Pakistan’s economic and social development. The first phase of the pilot program includes 50 public universities, the publication said. According to the Higher …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar Friday said that the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation had fallen to less than half in three months. “Inflation continues to fall, latest weekly SPI has been declined to 8.2 percent this week,” he said in his tweet. He said the year on year SPI in January this year …

CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region accelerated infrastructure construction in 2019, including starting a record number of airports to boost economic development, the chairman of the regional government said. “The construction of nine airports kicked off in 2019, which is unprecedented. Now, 56 regional air routes have opened, which is a great step forward in …

  Huawei to continue promoting technology transfer, employing Pakistani talents; says Li Jie ISLAMABAD – A senior official of Chinese tech giant, Huawei, Wednesday told Prime Minister Imran Khan that his company would continue to promote technology transfer and cultivate local ICT talents by working with Pakistan’s top universities through programs like ICT Academies, Seeds for the Future, ICT Competition …