RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Consul General of Pakistan in Chengdu, Mudassir Tipu has urged the Pakistani businessmen to explore business opportunities in Chengdu-capital of Sichuan province of China.

The Consul General stated this at a meeting with President, Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) S. M. Naveed here Thursday. The chamber’s executive committee members were also present on the occasion.

Mudassir apprised the meeting’s participants of the industrial importance of Chengdu and said that 500 fortune innovative companies are located in this city. One of the fastest cargo railway tracks has recently been built in China that starts from Chengdu and extends to Europe making it the shortest possible and cost-effective route for cargo transportation, he added.

The Consul General said that same route can be used for Pakistan cargo bound for Europe through Xinjiang province. He also asserted the concerned authorities to initiate a direct flight from Lahore to Chengdu because flight duration is only four hours and can prove instrumental in promoting bilateral trade being cost-effective and speedy.

Mudassir invited all the PCJCCI members to visit Chengdu for equipping themselves with updated knowledge from the technology parks in the city that has highly modernized and digitalized infrastructure.

According to him, amazing technologies are developing every day in the highly modernized technology parks of Chengdu that comes up with astonishing multi-trillion dollars economy of China. He stressed the need for research and development in the potential sectors of Pakistan and said the R&D reports and feasibility studies should be shared with the Chinese investors.

He identified various sectors including; tourism, hospitality, education, dental surgery equipment, information technology and machinery that has vast potential in Chengdu. He offered his services to extend maximum facilitations to PCJCCI delegations. Earlier, PCJCCI chief S.M. Naveed briefed the diplomat about the services being provided by the chamber for promotion of trade and investment between Pakistan and China. The meeting was concluded with solid proposals, suggestions, and feasibilities that will be shortly shared with the Chengdu government through Pakistani Consulate in Chengdu.