President Zardari departs on 10-day visit to China Sep 12, 2025

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday departed for a 10-day visit to China, from September 12 to 21, on the invitation of the Chinese government.

According to a statement from the president’s spokesperson, Asif Zardari will visit several Chinese cities, including Chengdu, Shanghai, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where he will hold meetings with provincial leadership.

The discussions will encompass Pakistan-China bilateral relations, with a particular focus on economic and trade cooperation, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and future connectivity initiatives. The two sides will also exchange views on bilateral cooperation at multilateral fora.

The visit underscores the tradition of high-level exchanges between Pakistan and China, reaffirming mutual support on issues of core interest, advancing economic and trade cooperation including CPEC, and highlighting their shared commitment to regional peace, development, and stability.

Earlier, Pakistan and China reaffirmed their shared resolve to further strengthen their iron-clad, all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.

This affirmation came during a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Thursday.

During their warm and friendly meeting, the two leaders expressed their satisfaction at the positive trajectory of Pakistan-China relations.

The prime minister expressed his deepest gratitude to the Chinese leadership and nation for their unflinching support to Pakistan’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and socio-economic development.

Paying rich tribute to China’s impressive transformation under President Xi Jinping’s visionary leadership, Shehbaz Sharif stated that Pakistan wanted to emulate China’s successes and build a stronger and closer Pakistan-China community with a shared future.