Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz who is starting his five-day visit to China (April 16-21) to China would witness manufacturing process of JF-17 Thunder aircraft in Chengdu, official sources told Business Recorder.
Prime Minister would be accompanied by a strong delegation comprising private as well as public sector representatives. Official sources told Business Recorder that Prime Minister's visit would mainly focus on three tiers ie. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) promotion, special economic processing zones and financial joint investment banking.
They said that Secretary Commerce, Secretary Board of Investment (BoI) and Secretary Finance had been assigned the responsibility to finalise the agreements with Chinese counter parts.
According to sources, the Prime Minister had asked the commerce ministry and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to recommend 20-25 businessmen for accompanying him during the visit.
The Prime Minister has also agreed to consider creation of an Economic Minister's post in the embassy in China to facilitate investors.
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