[The world sees China] Pakistan and many countries in the Middle East are highly concerned about the two sessions.
Cctv newsAs a friendly neighbor of China, Pakistan has the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative — — China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The construction of this project has brought new impetus to Pakistan’s economic development.
In order to understand the latest policy decisions of China, Pakistani people from all walks of life have paid more attention to the China NPC and CPPCC this year.
Next, let’s connect Liu Xu, a CCTV correspondent in Pakistan, and ask him to tell us how Pakistan and some countries in the Middle East pay attention to the two sessions.
Reporter Liu XuThe world looks at China, and I’m reporting from Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. As there is a three-hour time difference between Pakistan and China, it’s still past four o’clock in the morning here.

Reporter Liu Xu
Behind me is Pakistan’s Parliament, which is the most important place of political life in this country. For the ongoing China two sessions in 2018, media and experts and scholars in Pakistan and the Middle East are generally concerned.
First of all, I’d like to introduce my country, Pakistan. For the attention of this year’s China NPC and CPPCC, many mainstream media websites in Pakistan have specially set up a "China NPC and CPPCC" section, which focuses on reporting the contents of the NPC and CPPCC, and labels the names of the sections in both Chinese and English, which is also a reflection of the increasing popularity of Chinese in Pakistan in recent years. Nowadays, in daily interviews, many locals greet Chinese with a simple word or two. In many Confucius Institutes in Pakistan, more and more people are learning Chinese courses.
另外分享一个故事是,在今年的中国两会上,巴基斯坦联合通讯社驻北京的特派记者阿什伽会全程关注进行报道,他也参加了去年中共十九大的报道。前两天,他在朋友圈发了一张与巴基斯坦广播电台记者的合影,他说,能在中国两会上,遇到自己本国的媒体同行,这在巴基斯坦的媒体历史上也是不多见的。
我们都知道,今年是中共十九大之后的开局之年,也是落实十九大精神的关键之年,中东地区专家学者对今年两会的特别关注也来自于对中国过去五年的成就以及十九大向世界传递的信息的一种肯定,习总书记在十九大报告中指出,从2020年开始的未来三十年中国的发展分为两个阶段,分别奋斗15年,全面建成小康社会,进而把我国建成富强民主文明和谐美丽的社会主义现代化强国。针对这些成就和目标,我们来听听巴基斯坦官员、专家的评价。

Mushahid hussein, Chairman of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Committee of Pakistan Senate.I want to say that there are two outstanding achievements, one is in China and the other is on the world stage. First of all, I want to mention that at the world level, the "Belt and Road Initiative" proposed by China is an important development mechanism for diplomacy and cooperation in the 21st century. It is a win-win development mechanism for economic corridors connecting all countries, and it is also a multi-choice vision for the development of all countries. This is the way to lead the common development of Asia, the whole region and even the whole world; This is also the outstanding achievement of Chairman of the Supreme Leader and the Communist Party of China (CPC). At the domestic level in China, I would like to say that the China government has made remarkable achievements in fighting corruption, improving the government’s credibility, creating a democratic society ruled by law, improving the transparency of governance, and enhancing the ties between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the masses.
Pakistani senior commentator Sultan Harry:China’s development plan for the next 30 years has also been clearly planned, and this plan has been lit up. By then, China will develop into a powerful socialist modernization country, which is not only a beacon for China’s development, but also a common development concept for the benefit of all mankind.
As for the reports of the two sessions this year, the Batong news agency where Ashgar belongs is Pakistan’s national news agency, and their reports on the two sessions in China have also been forwarded by other mainstream TV stations and newspapers in Pakistan.
On the 11th, the 13th National People’s Congress voted to pass the amendment to the Constitution, and Batong News Agency also reported it for the first time. The report pointed out that China’s amendment to the Constitution was just the right time, and it was a process of fully promoting democracy and building a broad consensus. It is a concentrated expression of the people of all ethnic groups in China firmly supporting the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, and it is also a wise decision made by China at a new historical starting point and facing the future, which provides a strong constitutional guarantee for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and realizing the great Chinese dream.
In addition, Batong News Agency also paid special attention to Premier Li Keqiang’s report on the government work of the NPC and CPPCC, which pointed out that over 68 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty in the past five years, and the effect of such precise poverty alleviation is worth learning from Pakistan. Despite the remarkable achievements in the fight against poverty, the China government is still soberly aware that there are still 30 million people living below the poverty line, and it is still necessary to fight the fight against poverty in 2018. This is a firm commitment made by a responsible government to the people.
In the Middle East country of Iran, Iran’s national news agency, the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency, continued to report on the two sessions in China in recent days. Recently, the news agency published a report entitled "China unveils its 2018 development goals", which reported that China set the GDP growth target of 6.5% in 2018, and continued to create 11 million jobs, aiming at ensuring a more stable and balanced economic growth expectation.
In recent years, China has put forward the development concept of "building a community of human destiny" on the world stage, and actively promoted the "Belt and Road". It not only takes the road of peaceful development by itself, but also devotes itself to global peaceful development, so that countries along the route can participate in win-win cooperation. The general consensus among countries in the Middle East is that "building a community of human destiny" and "building the Belt and Road" are China’s programs contributed by China’s active participation in global governance. Let’s listen to what the relevant people have to say.

Saleh, former Saudi Cultural Counselor in ChinaAt present, Saudi Arabia is experiencing an important transition period represented by the national transformation in 2020 and the "Vision 2030", which urgently needs technology and ideas from China, especially the direct participation of China. In view of the good relationship between the two countries in history and reality, China will play a very important role in this transition period.
At the press conference of the NPC and CPPCC on the 7th, when talking about the "Belt and Road" construction, Pakistani Foreign Minister Wang Yi specifically mentioned that the construction of the "China-China Economic Corridor" has brought about remarkable changes in changing the basic features of Pakistan. As the flagship project of "One Belt, One Road" construction, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor officially started construction after the visit of the Supreme Leader of China president to Pakistan in 2015, and has now entered the early harvest stage. The Middle East countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia have also made remarkable achievements in participating in the construction of the "Belt and Road" in recent years.
The construction of "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor" has been comprehensively promoted in four aspects: transportation infrastructure, energy, industrial park and Gwadar Port. At present, the Sa ‘Chivard coal-fired power station and the Kassem Port coal-fired power station with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW were completed in May and December 2017, respectively, with an annual power generation of 9 billion kWh, which can solve the 50% electricity shortage in Pakistan.
The ongoing karakoram highway Phase II reconstruction and expansion project will bring the first two-way six-lane expressway to northern Pakistan. The 392km Peshawar-Karachi Expressway (Sukur-Multan section) is the largest transportation infrastructure project in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The road covers 70% of Pakistan’s population and 90% of its GDP, which is of great political and economic significance to the country. At the end of May 2018, the project will hold the opening ceremony of some sections in advance.
Gwadar Port is located at the southernmost tip of the "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor" with an important geographical position. In the past two years, Gwadar Port has changed with each passing day. At the end of January 2018, the opening ceremony of Gwadar Free Zone was held. On March 7, the first container liner route of Gwadar Port officially sailed, marking another important step for Gwadar Port to realize commercial operation.
At the beginning of 2016, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader visited Iran, and China-Iran cooperation was comprehensively promoted under the "Belt and Road Initiative". The Sino-Iranian automobile industrial park project under construction will gradually attract a number of parts enterprises from China and Iran to settle in, forming a regional manufacturing industrial cluster.
In Saudi Arabia, a West Asian country, Yanbu Refinery, a joint venture between China and Saudi Arabia, has developed steadily as the largest investment project of China in the Gulf region. In addition, the local governments of China and Saudi Arabia are also considering establishing joint ventures to attract China investors to Jizan Economic City.
With the deepening of the Belt and Road Initiative, China enterprises have rapidly expanded in the Israeli market from infrastructure to high-tech research and development.
At the same time of its own development, it provides China’s wisdom and China’s plan for global governance, which is also the reason why countries in the Middle East and even the world pay more and more attention to the China two sessions, China’s political life and China’s economic development process. People in the Middle East believe that under the guidance of the Supreme Leader Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, the people of China will strive for greater happiness. The people of the countries in the Middle East are also infected by the idea that "happiness comes from struggle" put forward by the Supreme Leader Chairman, and constantly strengthen cooperation with China to strive for a happy development path in line with their respective national conditions.





















































