A Chinese experts' team has discussed about 25 various development projects relating to socio-economic development and agriculture sector with Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform under the second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
According to the sources, the development projects were discussed at a meeting held under Secretary Planning Zafar Hasn here on Thursday. Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of China, Zhao Lijian and Project Director Hasaan Daud Butt, high officials of the Ministry of National Food Security & Research, Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic China and others participated in the meeting.
Project Director/Coordinator CPEC Hassan Daud Butt told this correspondent that Chinese experts' team discussed development projects relating to health, education, vocational training and agriculture in the meeting. He said the representatives of Balochistan, Sindh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan participated in the meeting.
He said a 13-member Chinese experts' team had visited Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and discussed various development projects with the provincial governments. He said the project would be scrutinised and final decision would be taken within 15 days.
The project director/coordinator CPEC said China would give $1 billion grant to Pakistan for early harvest projects of socioeconomic development and agriculture sectors under the second phase of CPEC. He said China would provide this grant for early harvest and pilot projects during the next three years.
Answering a question, he said the government did not divert Rs 24 billion allocation for CPEC to other projects. He said the allocation made for CPEC projects was as per requirement and demand for executing agencies for the financial year 2018-19. He said Pakistan was committed to strengthening the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership and building closer China-Pakistan community of shared future in the new era.
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