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."
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;
"Three axes" refers to the three horizontal land axes
connecting Lahore and Peshawar, Sukkur and Quetta, and Karachi and Gwadar;
"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.
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.
Asian Clearing Union (ACU):
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka;
Commonwealth of Independent States (CEI):
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;