KARACHI: Vice Chairman of Hunan Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee Yang Haodong has met Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon and expressed interest in expanding business cooperation in various sectors including transport, new energy and infrastructure development.
According to a press release issued here on Monday, Mr Memon participated in multilateral dialogue in China, where he was accompanied by Qassim Naveed Qamar, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister; Yasir Iqbal Butt, Consul General of Pakistan in Guangzhou; and other government officials. The meeting was attended by the delegates from Belarus, Russia and Mexico.
During his remarks, Mr Yang talked about the longstanding and ironclad relationship between China and Pakistan.Mr Memon expressed sincere gratitude to Mr Yang on behalf of the government for inviting the delegation to visit Changsha and to develop sisterprovince relationship between Sindh and Hunan provinces.
He also acknowledged the role played by Hunan Foreign Affairs Office in facilitating participation of the delegation in the event.
He invited Mr Yang to lead a delegation to participate in the 4th Foodagro Exhibition to be held in Karachi from November 23 to explore the potential of cooperation in food agro sector between the two countries.
Mr Memon specifically mentioned the initiatives of the Sindh government in modernising and upgrading public transport by introducing electric buses and double-decker buses, Bus Rapid Transit corridors and electric taxis and expressed strong interest in developing cooperation with Hunan Province in the sectors including new energy and mass transport and food and agriculture sectors.