Senator Mushahid Wishes a Happy Spring Festival to Chinese People
Date : 08-02-2016
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Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman Pakistan-China Institute, has expressed best wishes for Chinese people celebrating their Spring Festival – a Chinese lunar New Year that marks the beginning of Year of Monkey on February 8, 2016.
"As Chairman of Pakistan-China Institute, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), I extend my best wishes to our Chinese friends in China and elsewhere in the world celebrating Chinese New Year, the Year of the Monkey that symbolizes intelligence, smartness, versatility, good fortune and prosperity", said a statement issued on Saturday.
“The New Year is a time to recall the tremendous advancements that China has made in the last four decades in all sectors especially the technological achievements, which are worth appreciating and have led the country to become world’s second biggest economy, and a model for the developing world of Asia, Africa and Latin America,” Mushahid added.
“This auspicious occasion reminds us of the enormous contributions the Chinese people made in order to build the great nation that they have today,” he noted.
Pakistanis, as south western neighbours of China, highly value their relationship with China, and this all weather friendship is the cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy.
The Year 2015 was celebrated as the “Year of Friendly Exchanges” between the two countries and boosted cultural and academic exchanges while also broadening the horizon of people to people contacts. The Year 2016 – Year of the Monkey – will be celebrated to mark the 65th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China.
In connection with the 65th Anniversary of Diplomatic ties between the two countries, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor would also be in the limelight. The project is a new milestone with regards to historic achievements under the cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan, built over the last six decades; the corridor would further interlink the economies of two countries, enhance cultural ties and integrate regional markets.
From the platform of Pakistan China Institute, we hope to work more diligently in order to boost bilateral relations further under the One Belt and One Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new vision of China to build a prosperous Asia.
Mushahid further added that what Pakistan and China have accomplished in cooperation is not only due to the efforts of our leaders, but also because of our friends. “I wish all of them a very happy New Year, and hope that they will work together to achieve the “Common Destiny of Shared Dreams” focusing on stability, peace, progress and win-win cooperation, as envisaged by Chinese President Xi Jinping.”
Congratulating CPC leadership on China’s peaceful rise on the world stage, Senator Hussain commented, "You don't win anything with wars but you win with wisdom. The story of China is the wisdom of science and greatness of history.”
He wished to see more cooperation and friendly exchanges between the countries in the coming year, and above all, he prayed that the year would serve to deliver to the people a happier life.