Pakistan, China sign agreements spanning agriculture, education, media and trade

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday witnessed the signing and change of a number of agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), protocols, and cooperation paperwork in Beijing.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday landed in Hangzhou, kicking off his four-day official go to to China to commemorate the seventy fifth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between the 2 international locations.

Following the conclusion of his engagements in Hangzhou, PM Shehbaz arrived in Beijing, the place he held high-level conferences with Chinese Premier Li Qiang to debate trade, funding, agriculture, science and know-how, industrial cooperation, and the second part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the agreements are “aimed at further deepening cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, science and technology, climate change, education, media, and people-to-people exchanges.”

The paperwork signed lined a variety of sectors. In agriculture, each side signed a Protocol on Inspection, Quarantine and Sanitary Requirements for Dried Fruits and Nuts, a Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for Maize, an MoU on Strengthening Development Cooperation within the Agriculture Sector, and a Letter of Exchange on Animal Vaccines.

In the areas of financial growth and trade, the 2 sides signed an MoU on Deepening Exchanges and Cooperation within the Field of Economic Development and an MoU on Supporting Free Trade and Multilateralism.

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On schooling and governance, each international locations signed an Executive Programme on Educational Cooperation and Exchanges, an MoU on Cooperation between the Foreign Service Academy and China Foreign Affairs University, an MoU between the Party School of the CPC Central Committee — also called the China National Academy of Governance — and Pakistan’s National School of Public Policy, and an MoU on the Joint Implementation of the Human Resource Development Cooperation Programme for 2026.

In science and know-how, an MoU on Conformity Assessment was signed alongside an MoU between the Pakistan Science Foundation and the China Association of Science and Technology. An MoU on Cooperation within the Fields of Environment and Climate Change was additionally among the many paperwork exchanged.

In the media sector, Xinhua News Agency and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation signed an MoU, as did China Media Group and Pakistan Television, with the latter targeted on cooperation in joint documentary manufacturing.

The two sides additionally formalised a Sister-Province Relationship between Zhejiang Province and Punjab Province.

PM Shehbaz stated the signing of those agreements “reflects the growing depth and diversity of Pakistan-China cooperation and opens new avenues for collaboration in key sectors that directly contribute to the welfare and prosperity of the peoples of both countries.”

On Sunday, Pakistani and Chinese firms signed MoUs price greater than $7 billion throughout a collection of high-level engagements led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif within the Chinese metropolis of Hangzhou.

A significant settlement signed in the course of the convention on Sunday included a $1.12 billion deal between Haolu Engineering and Technology Company and Fauji Fertilizer for fertiliser manufacturing. Another MoU price $100 million was signed between IBI Beijing United Information Technology and the RIC for cooperation in agrochemicals, agricultural equipment, and the institution of a regional workplace in Multan.

Officials stated greater than 200 MoUs price over $20 billion had now been signed throughout 5 Pakistan-China enterprise conferences held to this point.