Chinese CG, SBI chairperson meet

KARACHI: Chinese counsel general in Karachi Wang Yu on Wednesday called on Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) chairperson Naheed Memon to discuss matters of industrial cooperation between the two countries.

The SBI chief briefed the visiting Chinese diplomat about her recent meeting with the director general of National Development and Reforms Commission of China. She said the two countries had entered the phase of industrial cooperation, along with infrastructure development projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

For strengthening the industrial cooperation among the investors on both the ends, SBI would organise a business investment conference from October 17 to 18, she added. "This conference will give leverage to industrial cooperation and boost the spirit of partnership in Pakistani and Chinese investors," the SBI chairperson said.

During the conference, dialogue sessions would also be held among Chinese think-tank and intellectuals / experts and their Pakistani counterparts, including professionals from academia so that maximum information on CPEC should be dispensed to the stakeholders.