PM Lands in Shenzhen on Five-Day Official Visit to China
— June 4, 2024
SHENZHEN (AIA) Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Shenzhen on the first leg of his official five-day visit to China. He was greeted at the airport by Luo Huanghao, the Vice Mayor of Shenzhen, China.
The prime minister is travelling with senior Cabinet ministers, deputy prime minister, and foreign minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar on his first official visit to China since taking office.
Shenzhen is the first stop during the Prime Minister’s official visit to China. During his two-day stay in Shenzhen, the PM and his delegation will meet the leadership of the Guangdong Province and Shenzhen Municipal Government, as well as leading Chinese companies in innovation and high-tech sectors.
The premier will also inaugurate the Pakistan-China Business Conference in line with his vision to support, promote, and lead collaboration between the businessmen of the two countries. A business delegation of leading Pakistani businesspersons will attend the conference in collaboration with their influential Chinese counterparts.
Shenzhen is the hub of China’s innovation, technology, and research-led companies and enterprises. The visit to Shenzhen aims to bolster economic cooperation in export-oriented innovation-led advanced technologies, high-tech development, and information and communication technologies.
Meanwhile, PM Sharif, in his message on social media platform X, said he has landed in Shenzhen on the first leg of his official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese leadership. He is impressed by the city’s skyline and development, which symbolise modern-day China, he added.
PM said that he is looking forward to his engagements with the provincial authorities, business community, and industry giants in Shenzhen before proceeding to Beijing for official talks with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and other Chinese leaders and high officials.