Speaking on the evolution of China’s planning system, Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) Head of China Study Nabila Jaffer explained that China is now preparing its 15th Five-Year Plan.
PCI Executive Director, Mustafa Hyder Sayed, underscored that a key message emerging from the recent plenary session of the Communist Party of China is “self-reliance,” which he described as central to “the rejuvenation of Chinese civilisation” after the “hundred years of humiliation.” He emphasised that this drive for self-reliance “is a very important opportunity for countries like Pakistan to engage with China, particularly through the Belt and Road Initiative, of which CPEC is a very important part,” provided Pakistan ensures a stable security environment to attract relocating Chinese industries.
Mustafa Hyder Sayed highlighted China’s leadership in green development at a time when “the world is facing an existential threat to life because of climate change” and when some countries are “withdrawing from international partnerships and the Paris Agreement.”