Islamabad (TDI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting on Friday with a high-level 11-member Chinese business delegation led by Qian Xiaojun, founder and president of IBI Beijing United Technology, at the PM Office in Islamabad.
According to an official statement from the PM Office, the prime minister welcomed the delegation and highlighted the longstanding “historic ties” between Pakistan and China, describing both countries as “All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partners.” He also praised China’s development under President Xi Jinping’s leadership and said he looked forward to his upcoming visit to China later this month.
During the meeting, PM Shehbaz appreciated IBI Group’s decision to set up its “Pakistan digital economy headquarters” in the country, calling it a positive step for expanding business cooperation between the two sides. He expressed confidence in Pakistan’s economic outlook and said collaboration in the digital economy, industrial development, and investment promotion would bring new opportunities.
IBI Group’s founder, Qian Xiaojun, said the company aims to support Pakistan’s digital transformation by helping build a stronger digital infrastructure. He added that the planned digital economy headquarters would act as a central hub for this transformation and would also open new pathways for Pakistani small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access Chinese markets.
Officials said the delegation’s visit is part of follow-up engagements from the Pakistan-China B2B Investment Conference held in Beijing in September 2025 during the prime minister’s earlier visit.
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Several senior ministers also attended the meeting, including Federal Minister for Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan, IT and Telecom Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik, and Special Assistants Haroon Akhtar and Tariq Fatemi, along with other senior officials.
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Separately, the PM Office noted that a day earlier Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also met Azerbaijan’s Justice Minister Farid Turab Oglu Ahmadov, where both sides discussed growing cooperation between Pakistan and Azerbaijan. PM Shehbaz described the two countries as “brotherly nations” and conveyed his best wishes to President Ilham Aliyev, while reaffirming strengthening ties across multiple sectors.
