The event was organized by the Pakistan-China Institute and the China Economic Net in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan.

In his welcoming address, Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chairman of the Pakistan China Institute, termed the five years since the initiation of Belt and Road Initiative and its flagship project CPEC as an era of win-win cooperation.

He shed light on the significance of CPEC, stating that it was launched when no other country was ready to invest in Pakistan, adding that the Belt and Road Initiative is a driver of globalization in the 21st century, paving the way for the rise of Asia.

Ambassador of Pakistan to China Masood Khalid thanked the media forum for serving as a platform for Pakistani and Chinese scholars and journalists to exchange views on media collaboration and enhancing people-to-people contacts.

He noted that CPEC has elevated the already close friendship between Pakistan and China to All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and said that in the changing media environment, the media of both countries needs to work proactively to present a positive projection by covering human interest stories. The ambassador also characterized the visit to China by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan as a new era of friendship between the two countries.

Panel sessions were addressed by renowned academicians and journalists from Pakistan and China, followed by an interactive and informative discussion with the panelists. Earlier, the CPEC Communication Award for best investigative story of the year was awarded to Pakistani and Chinese journalists.

The media forum was attended by parliamentarians, journalists, think-tank representatives, analysts and academicians from both Pakistan and China.

Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo 

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