China, Pakistan hold meeting on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor cooperation

China and Pakistan held the first meeting of the social and people's livelihood working group of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Joint Committee in Beijing on Dec 19.

Deng Boqing, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform of Pakistan, co-chaired the meeting.

The two sides clearly defined the working group’s structure, including its working mechanism, key cooperation areas, and key tasks in the future, and confirmed its already reached consensuses. After the meeting, the two sides signed the minutes of this meeting.

Delegates from Chinese government departments and senior officials of the Pakistani government took part in the meeting.