Projects inaugurated in Gwadar to help implement China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Time:2019/12/20
GWADAR,
Pakistan, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Several projects, including a power plant, were
inaugurated in Gwadar in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Monday,
which will further promote the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC).
Inaugurating
the Gwadar 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant project, Faqeer Colony Middle
School expansion project and Gwadar Port Authority Commercial Complex Project,
Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission of
China, who started his visit to Pakistan on Sunday till Thursday and attended
the inauguration in Gwadar, said all these projects will greatly improve the
access to electricity, education and commerce for local people in Gwadar.
The
projects are a showcase of the long-standing friendship between the two
countries, Ning added.
Sadiq
Sanjrani, chairman of Pakistan Senate, told Xinhua that Gwadar was the gateway
to progress and prosperity of not only Pakistan but the whole region, adding
that CPEC will continue to stimulate development and attract investment to the
country.
The
Gwadar 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant project is jointly invested and
developed by two Chinese companies with an aggregate investment of around 430
million U.S. dollars. When the power plant is put into commercial use, Gwadar's
severe electricity shortage will be greatly alleviated.
China-Pakistan
Government Primary School in Faqeer, donated by the China Foundation for Peace
and Development (CFPD) and opened in 2016, now has about 600 students. CFPD
will provide financial support to expand the project, with new facilities to be
put into use in 2020.
Ning
said that Gwadar is a land full of opportunities, but there are also
difficulties and challenges, which can be overcome as long as China and
Pakistan stand firmly together. Ning said the port city can be transformed into
the most important logistics hub in the region, so as to bring more benefits to
the people of Pakistan.
Chairman
of Gwadar Port Authority Naseer Khan Kashani thanked China for the support,
saying the potential of Gwadar is to some extent the future of Pakistan.
On
behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese embassy in Pakistan, Chinese
Ambassador Yao Jing donated solar energy facilities and school uniforms
respectively to the local people in Gwadar and the Faqeer school during the
inauguration ceremony.