China proving its mettle due to economic prosperity: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the economic and cultural relationships between Pakistan and China were rapidly growing due to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

In a message on global observance of Chinese language as one of the largest dialects for communication, he said that a sufficient number of Pakistanis were learning the Chinese language, which was further cementing ties between the people of the two countries.

The prime minister observed that steps were being taken at the official and public sector levels to promote the Chinese language and literature so that the people-to-people contacts between the two countries could be further strengthened, the PM Office Media Wing said in a press release. Shehbaz said that the dialect had been an exponent of centuries old Chinese culture.