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Wang Huiyao: Speeding work & production resumption key to poverty alleviation
2020 is the year China plans to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieve the goals of the 13th Five-Year Plan. With the COVID-19 in the background bringing more challenges to China's economic growth, resumption of work and production are essential to drive economic recovery in the post-epidemic era and win the battle against poverty. Even with the coronavirus outbreak, President Xi Jinping has been attaching great importance to poverty alleviation and made an important speech to remobilize and redirect local governments to complete the task of poverty alleviation.
April 24 , 2020 -
Zamir Ahmed Awan: China’s assistance helped Pakistan contain spread of COVID-19
Pakistan managed to contain the spread of COVID-19 due to assistance extended by time-tested friend China. An expert medical team consisting of doctors has left Pakistan after providing necessary training to Pakistani health officials, doctors, and paramedics. They conducted intensive training and crash programs for Pakistani health experts in all major cities, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi.
April 21 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: COVID-19 is a call for a resilient globalization
COVID-19 has inflamed debate about the future of globalization. Even before the outbreak, rising protectionism and populism led some to question the wisdom of open borders and long, multi-step supply chains. Now, as contagion and equipment shortages sweep the globe, it seems as though interconnectedness itself is under attack.
April 17 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: China to continue opening up despite COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has occupied headlines for more than three months. Despite the crisis, China will strive to stimulate its economy by deepening reform and opening-up, using new policies to walk out of the shadow cast by the pandemic.
April 16 , 2020 -
Zamir Ahmed Awan: CPEC’s biggest impact will be on education sector
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a catalyst for Pakistan's developments. It covers all essential sectors of development such as infrastructure, power generation, energy, agriculture, industry, health, social and education sectors, etc. After completion of 22 projects under CPEC, a visible impact is clear in the power and transportation sectors. Where once 10-hour power cuts due to the shortfall in production and demand of electricity were normal, there's hardly any power cuts now. The transportation sector has boosted as a network of motorways and highways across the length and breadth of the country.
April 13 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: Multilevel efforts needed to stabilize global value chains
By now, global value chains (GVC) in most countries have been affected by the disruption caused by COVID-19. Hard-hit countries such as the U.S., Italy and Germany have adopted major lockdown measures to avoid massive contagion. Countries in Africa and South and Southeast Asia have also closed public places to mitigate infections.
April 09 , 2020 -
East Asian countries should promote regional integration to revive economy amid COVID-19
To date, the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown its detrimental impact on people's health and the world economy. International multilateral cooperation is needed to combat the virus. While the G20 summit has released a positive signal for global cooperation, regional cooperation and a driving force of globalization should be promoted as well.
April 09 , 2020
