Pakistan, a beautiful country, people very friendly towards China: Vice-President CRI

BEIJING: Describing Pakistan as a very beautiful country and its people very friendly towards China, the Vice President of China Radio International (CRI) has said that through innovative concept of China-Pakistan River Tour Civilization, the visits of media from both the sides would certainly help cement people-to-people contacts.

The concept to promote Pakistan, China culture and civilization through River Tours by media groups from both the countries will greatly benefit to understand the rich history and culture along the Indus River and Yangtze River, the Vice-President of CRI Madam Wang Dong Mei who led a China media delegation to Pakistan in May told APP at a reception.

The Ambassador of Pakistan to China Masood Khan hosted the reception for her and the Chinese Media delegation here Wednesday evening on their successful visit to Pakistan.

The CRI media delegation visited Karachi, Lahore Islamabad, Gilgit, Hunza and Northern Areas and with keen interest saw culture and civilization along Indus River. In response, a Pakistani delegation also visited various cities in China to study the civilization along the Yangtze River, one of the two major rivers flowing in China. The other river is called Yellow River.

She said that most of the members of her media had the opportunity to visit Pakistan for the first time and they made many friends there and still in contact with them on internet.

To a question that which city she liked the most, Madam Wang said that every city in Pakistan has its own importance and history so she liked all of them

Madam Wang said that she was delighted to see many projects in Pakistan with the support of China these included the building of frigate for Pakistan Navy in Karachi, the Hair Group Economic Zone in Lahore and the expansion work on Karakarum Highway (KKH) that connects both the countries.

She said the delegation met with Pakistani leadership including Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani who hosted a grand reception for the delegation and informed the salient features of Pakistan-China all weather, time tested friendship.

The Vice-President said that she was delighted to meet a number of Pakistani who expressed their keen interest in listening CRI programmes.

She said that at present CRI is disseminating its programmes from five cities of Pakistan, they are Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Kohat and Multan.

The duration of these programmes in Urdu and English at present is for two hours daily, but in future CRI plans to further expand its duration.

Earlier, she informed Ambassador about her successful visit to Pakistan and the sweet memories she and her delegation members brought with them.

Ambassador Masood Khan informed Madam Wang that he was in touch and regularly watching the activities and meetings of Chinese media delegation on print and electronic media during their stay in Pakistan.

He said that Chinese leadership is very popular in Pakistan and even common people know them.

Ambassador Khan said that people in Pakistan even knows very well about Ding Xiaoping theory of reforms and opening up that paved the way for China to hold second position in world economy.

He also appreciated Madam Wang for the documentary prepared by the Chinese media during their visit to Pakistan and said that it has truly reflected the true picture of his country.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011