China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Description - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) - Pakistan Economic Corridor encompasses cooperation in energy, transport infrastructure (roads, railways, airports) as well as ports and industrial park projects such as in Gwadar. This corridor is integrated into the vision of the New Silk Road.

In the long term, the Corridor also include: agriculture, industries, tourism, human resources and financial cooperation.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor strategy is based on the concept of "one belt, three axes and several sections."

1. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor belt includes the area comprised of the central corridor zone, which includes Kashgar, Tumshuq City, and Atushi City and Akto County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, China, as well as Islamabad, parts of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, AJK and GilgitBaltistan.
2. "Three axes" refers to the three horizontal land axes connecting Lahore and Peshawar, Sukkur and Quetta, and Karachi and Gwadar.
3. "Multiple sections" refers to various railways and highway trunk lines from Islamabad to Karachi and Gwadar.

The main Pakistani cities through which the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor passes are: Kashgar, Atushi, Tumshuq, Shule, Shufu, Akto, Tashkurgan Tajik, Gilgit, Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Quetta, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Karachi and Gwadar.

Main Roads

1. KKH Road Phase II (Thakot - Havelian Section, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 118 km
2. Peshawar-Karachi Highway (Multan-Sukkur section, Punjab and Sindh Provinces) 392 Km
3. Khuzdar-Basima Highway N-30 110 km
4. Improvement of the D.I.Khan (Yarik) - Zhob road, N-50 Phase-I. 210 km
5. KKH Thakot-Raikot N35 road, 136 km)

Railway projects

1. Expansion and reconstruction of the existing ML-1 line (1,830 km)
2. Havelian Dry Harbor (450M twenty foot equivalent units)

Countries in the area of influence of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor:

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will not only benefit China and Pakistan, but will have a positive impact on:

1. Afghanistan
2. Tajikistan
3. Kyrgyzstan
   1. Other Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
4. Iran
5. India

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will significantly improve China's ability to expand its economic and strategic relations with the countries of the Middle East, especially with the member countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Asian regional economic communities related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Countries of influence of the Corridor: China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, India

1. Asian Clearing Union (ACU): Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
2. Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Programme (CAREC): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
3. China is a member of:
   1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
   2. Greater Mekong Subregion
4. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
5. Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC): Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
6. Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia
7. Economic Cooperation Organisation (OCE): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
8. Commonwealth of Independent States (CEI): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
9. Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey
10. Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD): Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia.

Free Trade Agreements related to the countries of the Corridor

1. Pakistan
   1. Preferential Trade Area with Mauritius
   2. ASEAN-Pakistan Free-Trade Area
   3. Free Trade Agreements with Sri Lanka, India, China, Bangladesh and the MERCOSUR
   4. Iran-Pakistan Preferential Trade Agreement
2. China
   1. Free Trade Agreements with ASEAN, Singapore, Pakistan, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, European Union, Andean Community...
3. Kazakhstan
   1. Customs Union with Russia and Belarus
   2. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia and the European Union
4. Kyrgyzstan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Pakistan and Uzbekistan
5. Tajikistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Ukraine and with the Eurasian Economic Union
6. Turkmenistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Georgia and with the Eurasian Economic Union
7. Uzbekistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Georgia and with the Eurasian Economic Union
8. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA): Bangladesh, China, India, Mongolia and Sri Lanka
9. Islamic Trade Preferential System (OCI-TPS)

Main Asian institutions related to the Corridor

1. Boao Forum for Asia
2. Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
3. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
5. Colombo Plan

Main Islamic institutions related to the Corridor

1. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OCI)
2. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

The main religions of the region of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor are:

1. Islam
2. Confucianism
3. Taoism
4. Buddhism

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor belongs to:

1. Central Eurasian Economic Area
2. Sinic Economic Area

Related Corridors to the Silk Road

1. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
2. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
3. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
4. China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor
5. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
6. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
7. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
8. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
   1. Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Zone
9. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
10. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
11. Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
12. China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor
13. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO)
14. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
15. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
16. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors

1. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
2. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
3. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
4. Pan-European Corridor II
5. Pan-European Corridor IX
6. Atlantic Transport Corridor