This year marks the 70th anniversary of China-Pakistan diplomatic ties which started on May 21, 1951. Over the past seven decades, the two countries have established brotherly friendship that has been tested by times of difficulty and forged by mutual trust, setting an exemplary model for state-to-state relations.
The China-Pakistan friendship has grown ever stronger over time. Pakistan was not only one of the first countries to recognize the People’s Republic of China, but also the first Islamic country to establish diplomatic ties with China. The Chinese and Pakistani people have always been ready to offer help and support for each other, from the construction of the Karakoram Highway by 15,000 Chinese and Pakistani people in the 1960s, to the two-generation Pakistani nationals volunteering as cemetery keepers for the Chinese constructors who lost their lives in the construction; from the visit of the Pakistani President Alvi to the delivery of all masks in Pakistan’s hospitals amid COVID-19 epidemic, to the arrival of the first Chinese vaccines in Pakistan …