“Khalil Hashmi, the Pakistani Ambassador to China who has visited IBI multiple times, stated that IBI's stable, healthy, and positive development is a typical example of implementing the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan. It serves as a bridge and link connecting Chinese and Pakistani enterprises. By deeply cultivating digital industry cooperation between China and Pakistan, regularly linking government and enterprise resources, and facilitating enterprise connections and landings in batches, it transforms national strategic agreements into tangible industrial cooperation outcomes.”——Xinhua News Agency

On May 26,Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan led a high-level delegation to visit the IBI Digital Economy Headquarters. In his keynote speech, Prime Minister Shehbaz highlighted the spirit of the China-Pakistan joint statement, emphasizing that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. Both sides are working together to build a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, promoting the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's transformation towards industrialization, privatization, and comprehensive two-way investment. He stated that IBI is a typical example of implementing the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan, an important bridge and link connecting Chinese and Pakistani enterprises, and a civilian ambassador of diplomacy between the two countries' enterprises.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, with bilateral pragmatic cooperation continuing to deepen and solidify. IBI, aligning with its overall strategy, is actively expanding its industrial belt along the "Belt and Road" initiative, with Pakistan as a key development direction. From May 8 to 14, an IBI delegation visited Pakistan for in-depth engagements and was warmly received by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. On May 13,the IBI Pakistan Digital Economy Headquarters was officially inaugurated in Islamabad, with Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar attending the event and delivering a speech. He highly praised the project as a transformative milestone in the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan, marking a new phase of cooperation from traditional infrastructure to digital infrastructure and jointly building a digital Silk Road, opening a new chapter in China-Pakistan digital economy cooperation.

On May 24,the China-Pakistan B2B Investment Summit co-hosted by IBI was held in Hangzhou, where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif delivered a speech and witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between IBI and RIC. On May 25,the Pakistani Prime Minister arrived in Beijing and met with Chinese leaders. On May 26,Shehbaz Sharif led a delegation to visit IBI.

The successful hosting of three meetings within a month between Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and IBI founder and CEO Qian Xiaojun, along with a series of supporting activities, received extensive coverage from major domestic party media, party journals, and authoritative media, including Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China National Radio, People.cn, Xinhuanet, Guangming Daily, and Economic Daily:

“Khalil Hashmi, the Pakistani Ambassador to China who has visited IBI multiple times, stated that IBI's stable, healthy, and positive development is a typical example of implementing the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan. It serves as a bridge and link connecting Chinese and Pakistani enterprises. By deeply cultivating digital industry cooperation between China and Pakistan, regularly linking government and enterprise resources, and facilitating enterprise connections and landings in batches, it transforms national strategic agreements into tangible industrial cooperation outcomes.”——Xinhua News Agency

“In his speech, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stated, ‘Today, we are building a digital Silk Road, starting with the launch of the IBI Digital Economy Headquarters in Islamabad. This is another milestone in the friendship between Pakistan and China, reflecting the international community's growing confidence in Pakistan's future as a platform for technology, investment, and digital transformation.’”——People's Daily

“The launch of this project injects new digital and industrial vitality into the construction of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.”——People's Daily

“The advantages of China's mature industrial and supply chains and digital operation capabilities align closely with Pakistan's urgent needs for industrial upgrading and digital transformation.” IBI founder and CEO Qian Xiaojun stated that Pakistan is the first key site in IBI's global layout and a strategic pivot for the company's deep cultivation of "Belt and Road" markets. The newly launched IBI Pakistan Digital Economy Headquarters will rely on a mature 6+N full-chain service system to provide one-stop, end-to-end services for cross-border transactions, intelligent logistics, digital supply chain construction, AI empowerment, joint venture project facilitation, and investment compliance assurance for enterprises from both countries. It will also establish a China-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce exchange platform, comprehensively empowering the co-construction of industrial ecosystems and achieving win-win development for both nations.”——People's Daily

“On May 14, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received IBI founder and CEO Qian Xiaojun and his delegation at the Prime Minister's Office. He fully affirmed IBI's series of pragmatic measures to deepen bilateral industrial cooperation between China and Pakistan and to support the high-quality development of CPEC 2.0.” ——Guangming Daily

“In his speech, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stated, ‘The launch of the IBI Digital Economy Headquarters is another milestone in the friendship between Pakistan and China.’” ——Guangming Daily

“This event injects new industrial momentum into deepening the all-weather strategic partnership between China and Pakistan and promoting the high-quality development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.” —— CNR

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The related activities have also attracted the attention and coverage of Pakistani media. The official Facebook account of the Prime Minister's Office of Pakistan, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), Geo News, ARY News, Dawn News, Express News, Samaa TV, and other authoritative Pakistani media have continuously followed and reported on the industrial digital economy wave sparked by IBI:

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Reports from local Pakistani media

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, coinciding with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) entering a new phase of high-quality development under CPEC 2.0. The widespread attention from authoritative media at home and abroad not only reflects the deep-rooted friendship between China and Pakistan but also demonstrates the high expectations from all parties for IBI to leverage its own advantages, set a benchmark for implementing the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan, act as a bridge and link for close connections between Chinese and Pakistani enterprises, deepen cooperation in the digital industry between the two countries, regularly connect government and enterprise resources, and facilitate the implementation of enterprise projects in batches, transforming national strategic agreements into tangible industrial cooperation outcomes.

The company will take this as motivation, diligently cultivate the industry, and forge ahead, using practical actions to chart a more vigorous and upward third growth curve.