ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (DNA): Belt and Road Consultants Pvt ltd, a Pakistani trading company and BIM Service Center from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China signed MoU to establish the Center for BRI, China, and Pakistan Studies in Zhejiang.
According to Gwadar Pro, the MoU entails that a liaison office will be established in Hangzhou.
Having recognized the importance of the business model transformation and innovation that are required in the architecture, engineering, construction, ICT, media, entertainment, tourism, and education fields, both Chinese and Pakistan business enterprises will establish this important Centre for business cooperation and market research.
The main objective of this partnership is to establish a platform to drive the initiatives for collaborative projects for Pakistani and Chinese communities.
The Center will facilitate cooperation in IT, education, digital economy, film and culture, infrastructure modernization, tourism, human resources skills development, etc.
The aim of the Center is also to build economic empowerment of the communities and fight poverty.
The companies from both sides recognize the comprehensive capabilities of Chinese engineering companies in the infrastructure and will encourage the Pakistan companies to learn from their experience.
They will also facilitate large scale exchange of businesspeople to help boom investment and trade activities, and increase the understanding of each other.
Belt and Road Consultants Pvt Ltd (BRC) is a leading company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
The main objective of BRC is to provide assistance to local businessmen and foreign investors from the participant countries of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) to invest in and outside Pakistan.
BRC, through well-knitted linkages within the participant countries of BRI at the public and private levels, provides consultancy services in the areas of Culture, Education, Science and Technology, Media, Research and Development, Tourism, Transportation, Exchange of Ideas, Goods, and Services.
BRC consists of a group of professionals and business enterprises that are leaders in their respective fields.
BIM Service Center aims to enable individuals to build skills for business through various service projects. The motivation is to carry out win-win cooperation and open up a better future.
Muhammad Asif Noor, CEO, Belt and Road Consultants Pvt Ltd and Jiang Hongshen, Founding Director of Zhejiang Province BIM Service Center and Professor of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology signed the MoU.
It is anticipated that the MoU will further progress the initiatives by the Government of Pakistan and China to improve trade and investment partnership between China and Pakistan.
Muhammad Asif Noor, the writer is Founder Director- Center for BRI and China Studies and Founder Friends of BRI Forum- Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies.