Pakistan's long-term goal for job, education and training.

Pakistan is a developing country that belongs to an underdeveloped capitalist market economy. The economy is dominated by agriculture, whose agricultural population accounts for 48% of the total population and 25% of GDP. The main crops in Pakistan are cotton, wheat, rice, sugar cane, etc. and cotton is Pakistan's main cash crop, which accounts for 5% of the world's total output, ranking the fifth largest cotton producing country in the world. There are large irrigation systems that provide favorable water conditions for food and cash crops in the Indus Plain and the Northern Valley, which known as granaries. Therefore, food is basically self-sufficient in Pakistan.

Pakistan's industrial output accounts for 24% of the national economy, including the textile, metallurgical and metal processing industries, fuel and power industries. Among them, the cotton-based textile industry is the pillar industry of Pakistan's national economy. Energy, IT and small and medium industries are the fastest growing sectors in recent years.

As a major pioneering project of the 'Belt and Road Initiative', the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has the largest number of projects under construction and the fastest progress, nine projects have been completed and 13 projects are under construction. The corridors cover four major areas, namely ports, transportation infrastructure, energy,and industrial cooperation. In the past five years, Pakistan's economic development has grown steadily, with an average GDP growth rate of 4.77%. Foreign direct investment in Pakistan increased from US$650 million in 2012 to US$2.2 billion in 2018, of which US$1.1 billion came from China. The average annual income of its people increased from $1,334 to $1,641. The corridor created 70,000 direct jobs for local people. It is estimated that the corridor will create 700,000 jobs for Pakistan from 2017 to 2030. The statistic shows the gross domestic product (GDP) in Pakistan from 2009 to 2019. GDP is an important indicator of a country's economic power.

In 2018, Pakistan's gross domestic product amounted to around 312.57 billion US dollars.

Pakistan has abundant human resources, but its labor quality is low. Therefore, improving the knowledge and skills of workers to meet the requirements of modern society is a long-term goal of Pakistani education. In order to develop good education, Pakistan has signed a number of international education agreements, including the Education for All...

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