PSCC established in Chengdu

By Masood Sattar Khan

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Pakistan-Sichuan Chamber of Commerce (PSCC) has been established in Chengdu, China to promote bilateral trade and to set up close synergy for socio-economic partnership. 

The former Consul General of Pakistan in Chengdu, Muhammad Mudassir Tipu, who is currently Director General (China), delivered a speech at the inaugural meeting in Chengdu in which he stressed that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a fruitful joint venture and the friendship between the two countries was unbreakable. 

In the future, Southwest China, represented by Sichuan Province, will play an important role in the CPEC. The PSCC will provide both Pakistani and Chinese enterprises a platform for resource sharing, service convergence, project alignment and advantage display. 

“A lot of economic opportunities are being created between the southwest of China and the northeast of Pakistan,” Mudassir Tipu, who has also been at a speaker at the World Economic Forum, reckoned. 

The inaugural meeting of the PSCC was held in Chengdu on September 25 upon the initiatives of the Sichuan enterprises invested in Pakistan. The chamber has been approved by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and supported by the China Department of Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has set up a secretariat in Islamabad and a representative office in Chengdu. 

“Sichuan province, in fact, the southwest of China is critically important region for Pakistan and the CPEC. A couple of mega projects have been brought into CPEC in this region, Azad Pattan Project and Kohala Power Project. The CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting to be held in October or November this year it will also be a key element to further deepen bilateral cooperation,” Mudassir Tipu stated. 

He believed that Pakistan already possessed certain ability in industrial and socio-economic field, and the business communities of the two countries should continue to deepen cooperation. 

“Pakistan now has a lot of talent, such as lawyers, doctors, technicians and so on, as well as a lot of mature enterprises in this sector. Therefore, Chinese and Pakistani companies should further cooperate to jointly complete projects in Pakistan,” he added.