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China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

trade. Also CPEC

A programme of Chinese-financed infrastructure, energy and industrial projects in Pakistan, launched with a memorandum of understanding signed in Beijing on 5 July 2013 and associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It aims to link Kashgar in Xinjiang with Gwadar and Karachi through roads, railways, pipelines and power plants, and includes special economic zones. Pakistan’s Ministry of Planning coordinates it.123

Linked from 3 pages across CUPA.

Sources

  1. CPEC: Introduction. Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives. Official
  2. Long Term Plan for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (2017–2030). Planning Commission of Pakistan. Official
  3. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Peaceworks 135). United States Institute of Peace, 2017-10. Scholarly

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