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2021-01-02 06:35:17 GMT2021-01-02 14:35:17(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Misbah Saba Malik, Tang Binghui
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) Pakistan s economy will get a boost under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which will enable the country to enhance industrial and agriculture production besides improving its connectivity to regional countries, Chairman of the country s CPEC Authority said.
The first phase of CPEC has filled the voids of the infrastructure of Pakistan, with primary focus on energy and communication infrastructure, and the second phase will be more about passing the benefits of CPEC to the general public of the country by creating employment and investment opportunities through initiation of industrialization and broadening the scope of agriculture sector, the Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa said in an interview with Chinese media on Friday.