Chinese team assured of full cooperation in agriculture collaboration

The Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, has assured a Chinese agricultural delegation that Pakistan will extend full institutional support to all joint projects and ensure a transparent, efficient, and facilitative environment for Chinese companies and experts working in Pakistan. A 20-member Chinese delegation, led by Yuan Jianmin, Adviser to the People’s Government of Xinjiang, China, began a two-week visit to Pakistan on Tuesday with a meeting with the minister for national food security and research. The delegation which also included Ma Xiaoli, head of Xinjiang Iron Brother International Company, will explore avenues of agricultural collaboration with Pakistan. The minister reiterated that Pakistan and China cooperation in agriculture will become a model of friendship and progress. “Together, Pakistan and China will not only secure our own food systems but will also contribute to regional stability and prosperity,” he said. Mr Hussain expressed the hope that the planned visit of the delegation to Punjab’s agricultural lands and Gilgit-Baltistan’s proposed Special Economic Zone for agriculture would open new horizons for bilateral investment and collaboration.