ISLAMABAD: A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Liu Daxiu, has said that China would continue working with Pakistan to promote development, advance CPEC 2.0 and strengthen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
Liu Daxiu, Level-1 Inspector of the CPC, expressed these views during a meeting with PML-N Secretary General and Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal here on Wednesday.
The engagement underscored a shared view that the next phase of Pakistan-China cooperation should extend beyond infrastructure and investment to institution-building, governance, human capital, innovation and political leadership exchanges.
Liu Daxiu, a First-Class (Level-1) Inspector and head of a delegation from the Party Building Research Institute under the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, said the Chinese side highly valued the contribution of the PML-N and its leadership to Pakistan-China relations and CPEC.
Liu said President Xi Jinping had prioritized building a community of shared future between China and Pakistan, adding that China would continue working with Pakistan to promote development, advance CPEC 2.0 and strengthen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
He said there was significant convergence between China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) and Pakistan’s URAAN Pakistan 5Es framework, particularly in the areas of growth, innovation, green development, infrastructure and people-centred development.
The Chinese side welcomed this alignment and strongly endorsed the Five Political Corridors, saying they could provide a political and institutional dimension to CPEC 2.0 and deepen CPC-PML-N exchanges in party building, governance, leadership development, youth engagement and policy research.
Liu expressed confidence that the CPC and PML-N would continue strengthening institutional cooperation in support of the broader Pakistan-China strategic partnership.
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said the PML-N and CPC could build a stronger political and institutional partnership to support the next phase of Pakistan-China socio-economic cooperation, with the two parties agreeing to develop the Five Political Corridors alongside CPEC 2.0.
Recalling the first phase of CPEC, he said China had stepped forward when Pakistan was facing severe energy shortages, terrorism, and weak investor confidence, investing in the energy sector when even domestic investors were reluctant to do so.
“When even our own investors were hesitant to invest in Pakistan, China came forward. Chinese investment helped Pakistan address its energy shortages at a critical moment and demonstrated extraordinary confidence in Pakistan’s future,” he said.
Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan was keen to learn from China’s development experience, particularly its institutional capacity, long-term planning, policy continuity and governance.
Highlighting China’s achievement in lifting approximately 800 million people out of poverty, he said Pakistan was learning from the Chinese development experience and that China had demonstrated how sustained development, poverty reduction and modernization could be achieved through long-term vision, strong institutions, continuity and effective implementation.
He stressed that Pakistan’s learning from China would remain within its own constitutional, democratic and political framework.
The two sides agreed to translate the Five Political Corridors, proposed during the China-Pakistan Political Parties Forum in Beijing in May 2026, into a practical annual programme of PML-N-CPC cooperation covering political dialogue and strategic coordination; development and governance learning; youth, innovation and future leadership; people-to-people and cultural connectivity; and peace, stability and regional cooperation.
Ahsan Iqbal particularly emphasized governance and party-building exchanges, proposing structured engagement between the PML-N and CPC’s political education and research institutions, including the CPC Central Party School, Party Building Research Institute and International Department.
He proposed exchanges could cover party organization, leadership development, political education, policy research, grassroots organization, governance feedback, digital governance and public communication.
He said the objective was not to replicate China’s political system but to learn from the CPC’s organizational and governance experience within Pakistan’s own political and constitutional context.
He also proposed greater exchanges between the younger political leadership of both parties, including visits by young CPC leaders to Pakistan.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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