Editor's Note.

The year 2021 is a phenomenal year to recognize important landmarks in the relationship between Pakistan and China. In 2021, Pakistan and China will celebrate 70 Years of the Diplomatic Relations, a landmark that both states are anticipating to celebrate at the grand scale. The year has also witnessed to the celebrations of 100 Years of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

The year has also commemorated the 20 year of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Over these seven decades, the partnership has remained diversified in all spheres, from education to health, to trade and political to strategic and defense. China continues to be one of the central pillars of Pakistan's foreign policy with widespread public acknowledgment that the relationship rests upon goodwill, trust and an everlasting strategic partnership.

Over all these years, the defining moments in the history of relations helped both sides to thwart the test of times and phenomena with grounded support through prudence and foresightedness shared with each other from Beijing and Islamabad. The seeds of friendship sowed more than decades ago by our ancestors has evolved into a perfectly developed tree with many branches of benevolence and fruits growing all around. The roots are vivid in our hearts and on our lands. Now fate and game changing projects like CPEC and other related development initiatives in the annals of partnerships made this friendship cemented to a considerable greater levels.

As they reveal that an original companion is the one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out, that is what China is for Pakistan especially during the time span when Pakistan was fighting deep rooted terrorism at several fronts and wrestling a war that was never of its own. Pakistan and China has revamped the entire economic base of Pakistan with a pinnacle of historic togetherness at a broader from heart to heart to concrete steps of support to each other especially improving the lives of people in Pakistan.

With the concept of shared destiny, building peace and prosperity, China has helped Pakistan to uplift itself from the shackles of poverty and dark days when all so called friends left. With multibillion dollar CPEC entering into an extraordinary second phase of economic development wherein the focus is on Agriculture, Industry and socio economic development, Pakistan has a strong and bright future. This is what friends are for and we proudly...