China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

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The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor is a major infrastructure and economic development initiative linking western China to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port through a network of roads, railways, and energy projects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral cooperation initiative
economic corridor
infrastructure development project
abbreviation CPEC
agreementSignedBy Government of China
Government of Pakistan
beneficiaryRegion Balochistan NERFINISHED
Gilgit-Baltistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
Sindh
component energy projects
fiber-optic cable projects
industrial zones
port development
railway infrastructure
road infrastructure
country China
Pakistan
criticizedFor debt sustainability concerns in Pakistan
environmental impacts
insufficient local employment benefits
lack of transparency
endPoint Gwadar Port
endRegion Balochistan NERFINISHED
estimatedInitialValueUSD 46000000000
estimatedLaterValueUSD 62000000000
financingModel Chinese commercial loans
Chinese government loans
foreign direct investment
includes China–Pakistan fiber-optic cable
Gwadar Port expansion
Hazara Motorway sections
Karot Hydropower Project
Matiari–Lahore HVDC transmission line
Orange Line Metro Train Lahore
Port Qasim Coal Power Project
Sahiwal Coal Power Project
Sukkur–Multan Motorway
partOf Belt and Road Initiative
purpose enhance regional connectivity
promote economic development in Pakistan
provide trade route for western China to Arabian Sea
relatedTo China–India strategic competition
China–Pakistan relations
Indian Ocean trade routes
securityChallenge attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan
militancy in Balochistan
securityMeasure special security division of Pakistani forces
signedDuringVisitOf Xi Jinping
signedInYear 2015
startPoint Kashgar
startRegion Xinjiang
strategicImportance access to Arabian Sea for China
regional trade integration
strengthening China–Pakistan relations


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