BEIJING, China: The three-day “KPK Economic Cooperation Road Show” will commence in Beijing on April 16 to offer investment opportunities and economic collaboration to the Chinese state-owned as well as private enterprises in more than 100 projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
A delegation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government headed by its Chief Minister Pervez Khattak will host the road show.
Various ministers, secretaries of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, and senior officials including the chairmen of government-owned entities in addition to some private entrepreneurs would be part of the delegation, official sources said on Wednesday.
The road show will present over a hundred interesting projects and countless investment opportunities in the infrastructure, power, industry, information technology, technology, transport, education, urban development, agriculture and tourism sectors for the economic collaboration between Pakistan and China.
The KPK is open for business, and various investment models are possible for state-owned as well as private enterprise; indifferent sectors where the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a comparative advantage.
The KPK government and its entities had entered into cooperation on a number of projects with many state owned companies of China, after the previous visit of the KPK Economic delegation to China in December last.
“We believe that the KPK provides huge opportunity for Chinese investment. The Government of KPK is perusing an investment friendly and transparent policy being well cognizant of the potential of CPEC,” a senior government official commented here.
The road show will provide an opportunity to the Chinese state-owned and private enterprises to interact with the officials of KPK government and private entrepreneurs for projects and initiatives of mutual benefits.
Source: APP/DND
