CPEC For Local Residents.

China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners. The two countries have formed a rock-solid friendship. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project of the co-construction of the 'Belt and Road Initiative' by China and Pakistan, and an important manifestation of the ever-growing 'Iron Friendship' between the two countries.

The CPEC is of over 3000 kilometers, it is a bond, connecting the Silk Road Economic Belt to the north and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to the south. While building a bridge for economic and trade exchanges between China and Pakistan, the CPEC is also constantly enriching the connotation of a China-Pakistan community with ad future.

In 2013, the CPEC was formally proposed and positioned as a 'Four-sphere Integrated' channel and a trade corridor covering roads, railways, oil and gas pipelines, and fiber-optic cables; in 2015, the '1+4' cooperation layout was formed with the construction of the corridor as the center, with emphasis on Gwadar port, energy, infrastructure, and industrial cooperation. In December 2017, the 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Vision Plan (2017-2030)' was officially released, combining China's 'The Belt and Road Initiative' and Pakistan's 'Vision 2025'. In December 2017, the 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Vision (2030)' was officially released, dovetailing China's 'Belt and Road Initiative' and Pakistan's 'Vision 2025', with focuses on development in areas including connectivity, energy, trade, and industrial parks.

CPEC construction bears fruitful results

Since its start of construction in 2013, the CPEC has created miracles one after another: China-Pakistan cross-border optical cable, Karakoram Highway upgrading and reconstruction project, Karot Hydropower Station, Lahore Rail Transit Orange Line Project, second stage of dam cut-off achieved at the Sugejinaree Hydropower Project, etc.

As of September 2021, the 22 priority projects from the first phase of the CPEC is almost complete, half of which are energy projects. For example, the Port Qasim coal-fired power station, since it entered commercial operation in April 2018, has generated about 10% of the power supply of Pakistan's national grid. It is reported that the coal-fired power station will exceed 4.6 billion kWh in 2021.

While accelerating its construction as a power supply base, the CPEC also attaches great importance to the development of clean energy. In November 2021, the Karot Hydropower Station...