Beijing: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunications Shaza Fatima Khawaja met with China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong.
The minister accompanied Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on a state visit to China on June 4-8.
“China and Pakistan are strategic partners and trusted friends, and the cooperation between the two countries in various fields is deepening,” the Chinese minister said while welcoming Shaza Fatima.
Acknowledging the growth of cooperation between China and Pakistan in the IT sector, he said, “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Joint Coordination Committee has cooperation in IT between the two sides”.
Both sides shared the implementation report of the six working groups in the JWG on CPEC on Industry and Information Technology at the 2nd meeting of the JWG on IT held on May 14 this year.
“Using information and communication technology (ICT) as a central enabling tool, China has transformed China into a knowledge-based society and economy, and ICT has played an important role in economic and social development,” said Jin Zhuanglong.
Promoting the digital transformation of the industry, accelerating the development of the industrial Internet. , and developing universal telecommunications services.”
“In China, emerging technologies such as 5G, AI, cloud computing and blockchain have become major driving forces for the development of China’s digital economy,” he said.
In addition, “China has actively implemented digital transformation in the manufacturing sector and accelerated the development of service systems for digital transformation,” he said.
“The scale and quality of China’s progress in such a short period of time is a lesson for developing countries like Pakistan,” said Shaza Fatima, thanking Jin Zhuanglong.
“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has always emphasized the importance of cooperation with China,” he said.
Sharing Pakistan’s strengths, such as 64% of educated and skilled youth, with a population of 240 million, a strategic location and a close and reliable friendship with China, opportunities for cooperation between the two countries have been suggested in data transfer, creating a data center. , cloud services, innovation and entrepreneurship areas such as the emergence of technology parks, chip design and manufacturing, skills development, e-commerce, smart cities and partnerships for the digital economy.
The two ministers reiterated their support for the implementation of all decisions taken at the JWG and JCC levels in the CPW.
Both sides: “Continuous coordination and exchange is necessary.”
The prince invited Chinese ministers to visit Pakistan to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in IT and related sectors.
