{"id":49086,"date":"2026-04-25T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49086"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:04:36","slug":"president-asif-zardari-to-embark-on-week-long-visit-to-china-for-talks-on-trade-cpec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49086","title":{"rendered":"President Asif Zardari to embark on week-long visit to China for talks on trade, CPEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday announced that, on the invitation of the Chinese government, President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China from April 25 to May 1, where he will hold discussions on Pakistan\u2013China bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement posted on X, the president would travel to Changsha, Hunan Province, from April 25 to 27, and then to Sanya, Hainan Province, from April 28 to May 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will hold meetings with provincial leadership to discuss Pakistan\u2013China bilateral relations, with a particular focus on economic and trade cooperation and the China\u2013Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the visit was part of the longstanding tradition of high-level exchanges between Pakistan and China, noting that it held\u00a0special significance as it coincided\u00a0with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0aPR No.1\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e39\ufe0f\u20e3\/2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>Curtain Raiser: Visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the People\u2019s Republic of China<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd17\u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/VpXAQMvP43<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) April 25, 2026<\/p>\n<p>President Zardari last visited China in February 2025, meeting China&#8217;s Premier Li Qiang to discuss the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and the expansion of cooperation under CPEC 2.0, particularly in areas like renewable energy, science and technology, infrastructure, and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: Xi for building even closer Sino-Pak ties<\/p>\n<p>The visit also included the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between the two countries. These include agreements signed between Pakistan\u2019s Thatta Cement Company and China\u2019s Ching Gang Construction Group, aimed at increasing cement production in Pakistan by an additional 5,000 tonnes per day.<\/p>\n<p>An MoU was also signed between the Sindh Energy Department and China\u2019s Meng Yang Renewable Energy Company to explore joint renewable energy projects in Pakistan, while a coal gasification and urea production plant project between the Government of Sindh and a Chinese company was also formalised.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday announced that, on the invitation of the Chinese government, President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China from April 25 to May 1, where he will hold discussions on Pakistan\u2013China bilateral relations. According to a statement posted on X, the president would travel to Changsha, Hunan Province, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}