CPEC: An epitome of Pak-China friendship

1. Considering some time travel, it all started with the emergence of China on the world map. Yes! Pakistan was first among the countries that recognized this new country, China. Not only this, Pakistan was the first country to open the air corridor with the outside World for China and also the first among the Muslim world to establish two-way positively diplomatic relations with China. Pakistan and China have been successful during all these years to take this friendship and bond a notch up a little with each passing year

2. To this day, friendship with China continues to be a cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy. Pakistan has always admired the fact that in a World full of chaos, the evergreen friendship between the two countries is a symbol of balance and stability in the South-East Asian Region. No other bilateral relationship in the World has had such huge reservoirs of goodwill on consistent and sustainable basis than the one between China and Pakistan. Hence, it becomes important here to say that trusting China has never failed Pakistan.

3. The most recent and promising factor and binding force between the two countries for several years from now is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. It is basically a flagship project of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative of the Chinese President, Xi. The World has its eyes on the implementation of the projects that fall under CPEC which is result of strategic framework for broadening avenues of cooperation with Pakistan in different fields. Under the historical milestone named CPEC, many agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were signed, in which most of the agreements are related to the infrastructure, communication and most importantly the energy sector of Pakistan.

4. The importance of this project can be well derived from the fact that the popularity of the project has reached a global level. The most common praise about the project has been that it would prove to be a game changer for Pakistan-making it an “Asian Tiger” in the coming years. It is important to quote here that the project aims to connect Gawadar Port in South-Western Pakistan to China’s North-Western region through a large network of highways, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas. This would not only improve relations of the two countries for decades to come, but also ensure possible solutions to existing problems of the areas in use-specifically Gawadar.

5. The distribution of CPEC investment at a regional level, is so perfectly managed that it can be tagged as the need of the hour. Around $10 billion is allocated to Sindh, $7 billion for Punjab, $8.5 billion for Balochistan, $2.5 billion for Azad Kashmir, $1.8 billion for KPK, and so forth. The point to acknowledge here is that Balochistan is getting much needed attention.

6. Infrastructural developments have never failed a developing economy in the long run whether it is done with the help of a friendly neighbor or on a country’s own. This is the beauty of developing countries that they rely on their friends and it has never gone in vain.

7. In this way, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has the potential to bring prosperity in the entire region. The expected benefits from the CPEC are taking Pakistan to a new era of economic growth. These investments from the Chinese side in diverse projects are proving to bring about a socio-economic paradigm shift in the existing situation of social and economic infrastructure of the country. CPEC is strategic game changer, which has already been able to gather so much attention and after the completion of the projects, Pakistan would be able to gain stronger grounds in its international standing in the World.

 CPEC:设立称之为中巴友谊的一个缩影

1.考虑到时间的旅行，这一切都始于中国在世界地图上的出现。是的!巴基斯坦是第一个承认这个新国家——中国的国家。不仅如此，巴基斯坦是第一个向中国开放空中走廊的国家，也是穆斯林世界第一个与中国建立积极双向外交关系的国家。巴基斯坦和中国在这些年来已成功把这友谊一点点的积累起来。

2、时至今日，中巴友好仍是巴基斯坦外交政策的基石。巴基斯坦一直钦佩这样一个事实，即在一个充满混乱的世界中，两国之间的持久友谊是东南亚区域平衡与稳定的象征。世界上没有任何一种双边关系像中巴关系那样，在一贯和可持续的基础上积累了如此巨大的善意。因此,它成为重要说信任巴基斯坦中国从未失败。

3、中巴经济走廊是两国近年来最具发展潜力和约束力的合作项目。这基本上是中国国家主席习近平提出的“一带一路”倡议的旗舰项目。世界注视着中巴经济走廊下项目的执行情况，这是扩大同巴基斯坦在不同领域合作渠道的战略框架的结果。在以CPEC历史里程碑下,签署了许多协议和备忘录,大部分的协议的相关基础设施,最重要的沟通是巴基斯坦能源部门。

4、这个项目的重要性可以很好地从这个项目的受欢迎程度已经达到全球水平这一事实中得出。对该项目最普遍的称赞是，它将改变巴基斯坦的游戏规则——使其在未来几年成为“亚洲之虎”。这里需要指出的是，该项目旨在通过大型公路、铁路和管道网络，将巴基斯坦西南部的瓜达尔港(Gawadar Port)与中国西北地区连接起来，以运输石油和天然气。这不仅将改善两国未来几十年的关系，而且还将确保对现有使用领域问题的可能解决方案，特别是瓜达尔问题。

5、在区域一级的中巴经济走廊投资的分配管理得如此完美，以至于可以把它标为一时的需要。大约有10亿美元分配给信德省，70亿美元分配给旁遮普省，85亿美元分配给俾路支省，25亿美元分配给阿扎德克什米尔，18亿美元分配给KPK，等等。这里需要承认的一点是，俾路支省正得到亟需的关注。

6.、从长远来看，基础设施建设从来没有让一个发展中经济体失望，无论是在友好邻邦的帮助下，还是在一个国家自己的努力下。这就是发展中国家依靠朋友的美丽之处，而且从来没有白费。

7、中巴经济走廊具有带动整个地区繁荣的潜力。中巴经济走廊的预期效益将把巴基斯坦带入一个经济增长的新时代。中方对各类项目的投资，正在推动中国社会经济基础设施现状发生社会经济范式转变。中巴经济走廊是战略游戏规则的改变者，它已经获得了如此多的关注，项目完成后，巴基斯坦将能够在其国际地位上获得更强大的基础。