On July 17, Ambassador Jiang Zaidong and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended the Pakistan-China B2B Investment Conference on Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Biotechnology and delivered remarks.

Ambassador Jiang highlighted that China’s economy had demonstrated a more solid foundation, higher-quality growth, and made greater contributions to the global economy in the first half of the year. He congratulated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his government on successfully stabilizing Pakistan’s economy and putting it on a positive growth trajectory. He noted that the development achievements of both countries have created favorable conditions for deepening China-Pakistan cooperation. Ambassador Jiang reaffirmed China’s readiness to promote steady and orderly cooperation between enterprises of the two countries and expressed the hope and confidence that Pakistan would continue to provide robust security guarantees and a sound business environment for Chinese companies.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that, under the visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has achieved comprehensive and remarkable development, setting an example for the world. He described China as Pakistan's most reliable friend and noted that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has injected strong momentum into Pakistan's economic takeoff. He observed that the healthcare industry is entering a period of tremendous opportunity and expressed Pakistan’s hope of upgrading and expanding cooperation between Chinese and Pakistani enterprises in pharmaceutical, healthcare and biotechnology. He welcomed more Chinese companies to invest and operate in Pakistan and pledged to foster an even safer, more convenient, and more business-friendly environment for their development.