Curtain Raiser: Visit of the Prime Minister to China

Islamabad: At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is visiting China from 30 August-4 September 2025 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State Summit being held in Tianjin. In China, the Prime Minister would hold meetings with President Xi Jinping and
Premier Li Qiang during which multifaceted dimensions of Pakistan-China bilateral cooperation would be discussed. He would also attend the military parade with President Xi and other world leaders being held in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the World’s Anti-Fascist War. The Prime Minister would interact with reputed Chinese businessmen and corporate executives to discuss bilateral trade, economic and investment ties. He would also address a Pakistan-China B2B Investment Conference in Beijing. The visit is a part of leadership-level exchanges between Pakistan and China. It manifests the importance attached by the two countries to further deepen their “AllWeather Strategic Cooperative Partnership”, reaffirm support on issues of respective core interests, advance Phase-II of CPEC and maintain regular communication on important regional and global developments.