Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari participated in the opening ceremony of ICAPP Conference on Development and People's Access, here on Sunday. This conference has been arranged by the Communist Party of China under the auspices of International Conference of Asian Political Parties.
The message of Chinese Vice President, Xi Jinping was read out and a video message of UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon was also played on this occasion. Prominent leaders present on this occasion included the President of Timor Leste, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia and Vice President of Laos.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also met Zhou Yong Kang, Member of China's Politburo Standing Committee of the 17th CPC Central Committee, one of the most influential leaders of China. During the meeting, Bilawal said that it is a matter of satisfaction that Pakistan and China enjoy complete convergence of interest on all bilateral issues as well as international issues of mutual importance.
The two leaders stressed on the need to further strengthen Pakistan-China relations in the years to come. Ambassador Masood Khan was also present in the meeting.
The chairman PPP, along-with his delegation, also attended a banquet hosted by CPC Guangxi Committee and People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Earlier, he visited the Affordable Housing Project in Nanning and was given briefing by Deputy Director General of the Guangxi Housing and Urban Development Department. He was briefed about the low-income housing project and was told that all 14 cities of Guangxi province have such projects for the low-income people.
He was informed that this year, the Guangxi provincial government plans to construct 1.88 million square meters of housing at a cost of RMB 3.2 billion. It is expected that in five years time such projects would cover 20 percent of urban housing in the province.
After the briefing, Bilawal also visited a family living in the Funing Xinxing Yuan low-cost residential community. He appreciated the idea of providing low cost housing to the poor and inquired about insurance, mortgage as well as the provision and standard of civic facilities provided to the residents.