CPEC

2. GROUP MEMBERS
• Hamza Sigher 1018
• M Haseeb Minhas 1019
• M Haseeb Ahmed 1020

3. CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC
CORRIDOR

4. CONTENTS
• .Background
• Introduction
• Objective of CPEC
• Project in CPEC
• Disadvantages
• Impact of CPEC on CHINA
• Impact of CPEC on PAKISTAN
• Reaction of India
• Recommendations
• Conclusions

5. BACKGROUND
• CPEC is a collection of projects.
• Project was formally conceived in May 2013
• PM Li Keqiang officially visited Pak on 22 May
2013
• Later Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made visits to
China to discuss the importance of this project.
• President Xi Jinping visited Pak in April 2015 and
formally announced China’s offer of US$ 46 billion.
• Agreements were inked giving importance to energy
projects.

6. INTRODUCTION
• CPEC is a series of under construction projects of
worth more than $50 billion.
• It is a 3000 km long extensive network of roads,
railways, pipelines and optical fiber cable network.
• CPEC will link Kashgar in northwest China’s Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region & southwest Pakistan’s
Gawadar Port.
• CPEC is considered as a golden opportunity for Pak
to develop its infrastructure

8. OBJECTIVES OF CPEC
• Increase the volume of trade between China and Pak.
• Pak and China are 2nd largest partners in South Asia/ this will help to retain
partnership.
• Widen Karakoram highway and open new economic corridor from China to
Gwadar.
• Approximately reduce 10000 Km distance & is the shortest route.
• Expand trade with Russia by providing trade route till Gwadar port.
• Development of infrastructure along Pakistan.
• China’s access to Indian Ocean with the aim of widening its geopolitical
influence.
• Job opportunities and economic development in Baluchistan.
• Increase in Chinese investment.
• Regional peace, prosperity and elevate the lives of poor people in south
Asia.
• Enhance trade among Pakistan, China, Gulf States, Central Asia &Africa.
• China is interested to extend IranPakistan pipeline to its western territory.

11. PROJECTS IN CPEC
Total number of projects: 49
Baluchistan: 16 projects
KPK: 8 projects
Sindh: 13 projects
Punjab: 12 projects

12. PROJECTS ALLOCATED FOR BALUCHISTAN
1. Gwadar Power Plant
2. Khuzdar-Basima Highway (N-30)
3. Hubco Coal Power Plant
4. Gwadar New InternationalAirport
5. Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan
6. Gwadar Eastbay Expressway
7. Gwadar Primary School
8. Gwadar Eastbay Expressway II
9. Gwadar Hospital Upgradation
10. Gwadar-Nawabshah LNG Terminal and Pipeline
11. Gwadar Technical & Vocational College
12. Khan-Quetta Highway (N-50)
13. Wastewater Treatment Plants for Gwadar City
14. Gwadar Free Zone
15. Fresh Water Supply
16. Expansion of Multi-purpose Terminal including Breakwater & Dredging

13. GWADAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

14. PROJECTS ALLOCATED FOR KPK
1. Establishment of Havelian Dry Port
2. Suki Kinari Hydropower Project
3. Upgradation of ML-1
4. Optical Fiber Cable from Rawapindi to Khunjrab
5. KKH II (Havelian-Thakot)
6. Khan-Quetta Highway (N-50)
7. KKH III (Raikot-Thakot)
8. Joint Feasibility Study for Upgradation of ML1

15. SUKI KINARI HYDRO POWER PLANT

16. PROJECTS ALLOCATED FOR SINDH
1. Port Qasim Power Plant
2. Matiari-Faisalabad Transmission Line
3. Dawood Wind Farm
4. Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line
5. Sachal Wind Farm
6. Jhimpir Wind Farm
7. Upgradation of ML-1
8. Thar Coal Block I & Mine Mouth Power Plant
9. Gwadar-Nawabshah LNG Terminal & Pipeline
10. China-Sunec Wind Farm
11. Karachi-Lahore Motorway (Sukkur-Multan)
12. Joint Feasibility Study for Upgradation of ML1
13. Engro Thar Power Plant & Surface Mine in Block II of Thar Coal Field

17. KARACHI - LAHORE MOTORWAY
Motorway

18. PROJECTS ALLOCATED FOR PUNJAB
1. Karachi-Lahore Motorway (Sukkur-Multan)
2. Upgradation of ML-1
3. Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant
4. Rahimyar Khan Coal Power Plant
5. Lahore Orange Line Metro Train
6. Haier & Ruba Economic Zone II
7. Karot Hydro-Power Plant
8. Joint Feasibility Study for Upgradation of ML1
9. Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line
10. Optical Fiber Cable from Rawapindi to Khunjrab
11. Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur
12. Matiari-Faisalabad Transmission Line
13. Faisalabad Khanewal motorway M-4

19. FAISALABD - KHANEWAL MOTORWAY

20. CPEC IMPORTANCE TO CHINA
• Chinese industries are facing problem to compete in
global market due to high transportation cost and
delivery time.
• It would decrease the travel distance and cost greatly
from China to Gulf.
• Even if China uses CPEC for 50% of its oil supplies
then it will save $6 million every day.
• Independent path from USA and India’s interference.
• New business market in another country.

21. CPEC IMPORTANCE TO PAKISTAN
• Strategic and economic trade routes
• Development of infrastructure
• Connect all the provinces
• Development of FATA, KPK and Baluchistan
• Job opportunities
• Equalization among all provinces
• Import and export of Pakistan will increase
• The Power capacity will increase
• Gwadar Port will be upgraded
• Roads, Railways, Aviation and Data Transfer will be
upgraded.

22. DISADVANTAGES OF CPEC
• FTA leads to threat for local markets and local
manufactures
• Disturbance of local industries
• Difficult to compete Chine’s product in market
• Increase the ratio of unemployment
• Dependence on China
• Work stopped on 5 Chinese power projects in Punjab
that generated 6600 MW, though Pakistan’s installed
capacity is 22,800 MW to meet current demand of
19,000 MW, it produces only 12,000 MW.

23. CPEC ROUTE MAP

24. India’s reaction's CPEC
• The fact that the route passes through the disputed Kashmir region seems to have worried
India, which has about half a million troops stationed in its part of the territory to quell more
than two decades of armed rebellion.
• "China is using Indian land area illegally occupied by Pakistan," said Seshadri Chari, a national
executive member of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party.
• Beijing has been willing to address India's concerns, though. Hua Chunking, China's foreign
ministry spokeswoman, told the media that Beijing is committed to developing friendly and
cooperative relations with others and that CPEC would not affect China's position on
Kashmir.

25. Recommendations
Make efforts to diversify market in China
Security issues, law and order system are main obstacles in the way of Pak-china economic
corridor
Pakistan should develop the training centers and Chinese language centers in order to make
effective communications

26. Conclusion
Natural Gateway for China
Positive response by both countries through mutual cooperation
Both countries are keen to enhance trade activities
 Stability of economy by investment in different sectors
Infrastructural improvement and Development of Dams