Islamabad (People's Daily) - On May 15, a high-level 11-member Chinese business delegation led by Qian Xiaojun, founder, president and controlling shareholder of IBI Beijing United Technology, called on Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with an 11-member IBI delegation at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad on May 15. (Photo: Pakistan Prime Minister's Office)

Welcoming the delegation to Pakistan, Sharif said Pakistan and China enjoyed historic ties and were all-weather strategic cooperative partners.

The prime minister appreciated IBI Group's decision to establish its Pakistan Digital Economy Headquarters and expressed satisfaction with the expanding business-to-business cooperation between Pakistan and China.

Expressing confidence in Pakistan's economy, Qian said IBI hoped to help build a digital backbone for Pakistan's economic transformation. He said the establishment of IBI's Digital Economy Headquarters in Pakistan would serve as a command center for this transformation and provide major opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises by offering them access to the vast Chinese market.