China-Pakistan technology centre launched

BEIJING: A science and technology cooperation centre has been launched at a webinar, held in Beijing, a statement said.

The S&T centre is initiated by the Zhongguancun Belt and Road Industrial Promotion Association (ZBRA) and Pakistan Special Technology Zones Authority.

Addressing the forum, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque said that the information technology emerges as an important area of China-Pakistan cooperation during the recent visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to China, as evidenced by the establishment of the S&T joint working group under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The S&T centre will be a significant move towards enhanced bilateral cooperation, he added. In his speech, ZBRA President Zhang Xiaodong said that we will mobilise all parties in China and Pakistan, especially high-tech enterprises and institutions to develop and gather resources for science and technology cooperation.

A delegation of Chinese S&T enterprises will visit Pakistan next year for an in-depth field investigation, the ambassador said.

It is learned that the centre will focus on cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, robotics, financial technology, blockchain and biotechnology, etc.