Three-day conference on CPEC begins today

PESHAWAR: The China Study Centre (CSC), University of Peshawar, in collaboration with institutions of higher education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is organizing a three-day international conference on “CPEC: Collaboration in higher education and sustainable development” today.

The organisers said the conference will engage academicians, scholars, government officials, practitioners, diplomats, journalists and development specialists from all over the world, especially Pakistan and China, in an interaction with the participants to generate critical thinking over policy formulations and coordinative integration across borders.

Development specialists from Pakistan, China and the developed world will analyse the project’s trajectories objectively to help reap the opportunities and address the challenges in an efficient manner.

The speakers and presenters at the conference will engross the participants in a constructive interaction of learning and contributing to the understanding of CPEC and its implications for Pakistan and the region at large.

The event will provide opportunities for discussion, exchange of ideas and developing realistic perspectives on different aspects of CPEC.

The international conference will help develop a better understanding on CPEC and the perceived sustainable development in its wake.

The event’s objectives include exploration of collaboration in higher education between Pakistan and China universities, deliberation over avenues of strengthening joint research projects, exchange of faculty and students, learning the achievements of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and China Association of Higher Education, assessing prognosis of growth and sustainable development through connectivity and economic cooperation under BRI/CPEC, examining opportunities and challenges to CPEC, evaluation of the prospects of integration of regional countries under BRI/CPEC and enhancing trade and investment and scientific analyse of the impacts of CPEC on Pakistan and the region.

The conference is expected to provide opportunities to institutes of higher education in Pakistan to strengthen educational cooperation, which will benefit the youth of KP and polish their talents.