Vice-Premier of the State Council of China, Wang Yang, accompanied by a high-level delegation, arrived in Islamabad yesterday to participate in the 70th Independence Day celebrations of Pakistan, a statement said.
“Vice Premier Wang is undertaking the visit to Pakistan on the directions of President Xi Jinping as a special gesture to participate in the 70th Independence Day celebrations of Pakistan,” it said.
During his visit, the vice premier will attend the flag-hoisting ceremony on August 14 as a special guest and is expected to meet President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
His visit on the country’s important milestone is a reflection of the all-weather strategic co-operative partnership between Pakistan and China.
Wang will participate in inauguration ceremonies of several China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects and witness the signing of bilateral memorandums of understanding between the two countries.
Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang (centre-left) is flanked by Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong (centre-right) as he arrives at the Pakistan’s military Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi yesterday. The Chinese vice-premier is in Islamabad to participate in the 70th Independence Day celebrations of Pakistan.