Presentation on China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Cpec is initiative of Pakistan and China to reduce the travel costs and improve the economy of both countries.

2. Topic
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

3. Group Members
• Malik Waqar Younis (GL)
• Sheikh Fahad
• Hassan Ali
• Tahir Munib
• Shoaib Sultan
BS IT 1B
Department Of Computer Science
Bahria University Islamabad

4. Outline
• History of Gawadar
 Historical perspective
 Why CPEC is created?
a) Job Opportunities:
• Total Area and Cost included
a) Routes Ahead For Pakistan
b) Cost Included

5. Outline
Advantages Disadvantages and Benefits of CPEC to Pakistan and China
 Advantages
a) Overcoming Energy crises
b) Infrastructure development
c) Economic Development
d) Removal of poverty
e) Peace and prosperity in Provinces
f) Advantages to China:
 Disadvantages:
a) Indian aggression:
b) Opposition from Baluchistan Nationalists:
c) Concerns by Gawadar Residents
d) Security concerns ( cost on security)

6. Outline
Introduction
• Why CPEC is needed?
 For Pakistan
a) Removal of Energy Crisis
b) Infrastructure development
c) Economic development
d) Balanced in south Asia
e) To cash comparative Advantage of Nature.
 For China
a) Extension of volume of Trade with Arab countries /
Global trade
b) Shorter lead times than earlier
c) Equal Development all in China

7. History Of Pak China Relations

8. HISTORY OF PAK CHINA RELATIONS
 Pakistan–China relations began in 1950.
 Strategic alliance was formed in 1972 and economic co-
operation began in 1979.
 Mega infrastructural projects in Pakistan
 Gawadar Port, the Coastal-Highway linking Karachi with
Gawadar, Karakoram Highway, the Chashma nuclear power
plants, neelam jahlam and a number of hydro-power
projects.

9. Military Relations
• There are strong military ties between
People's Republic of China and Pakistan

10. JF-17 Thunder Multi-role Fighter
Aircraft

11. Karakoram Highway

12. Karakoram Highway
 The Karakoram Highway was started in 1959 and was completed in 1979
(open to the public since 1986)
 Length 1,300 km (Pakistan 887 km ) China 413 km
 It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit–Baltistan and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions
 Major cities Hasanabdal, Abbottabad, Thakot, Chilas, Gilgit, Aliabad, Sust,
 Khnjerab Pass, Kashgar
 The importance of Karakoram Highway
 Chinese companies
 Tourism in Pakistan
 Transportations

13. Introduction To CPEC
WHAT IS CPEC?
• May 2013 by china President
• 3000 KM Network Of Road, Rail, Pipeline and Optical Fibers.
• Linking kashgar northwest china’s Xinxiang Uyghur
autonomous region and southwest Pakistan’s Gawadar port.
• Transport infrastructure
• Gawadar Port

14. Introduction continues…
• Energy Projects
• Industrial Corporations
• China Is Providing $45.6 Billion
• $11.8 For Infrastructure
• $33.8 Billion For Power Projects
• Majority Of Projects Will Completed At The End of 2017

15. Map of CPEC Project

16. Road Network
• The road network from Gawadar Port to Kashgar will be
having 3 routes:
1. Western Route
2. Central Route
3. Eastern Route
The western route i.e Gawadar to D.I.K. and Peshawar is the
shortest route and will be completed first by 2016
D.I. Khan already linked with Peshawar will be further linked with
Gawadar through Quetta to complete Route 1

17. Road Map of CPEC

18. Length and Estimated Cost
• Length of the corridor: 3000km (Gawadar-Kashgar)
• Overall Construction costs: $46 billion (4.6 trillion PKR)
• Operational Time: 3 years (For many of the projects)
• No. of projects signed : A total of 51 MOUs signed
• Project Financiers: Chinese Government banks

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Pakistan’s reserves
CPEC’s investment

20. Gawadar
 On 8 September 1958 prince Aga khan karim purchased the
Gawadar enclave from Oman for $3 million, and gave it to
Pakistan and it officially became part of Pakistan.
 Gawadar Port is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
 Gawadar is a planned free trade port.
 Gawadar Port is a strategic developed jointly by the both
countries

21. Gawadar
 National Highway Authority (NHA) began construction of the
653 km-long Makran Coastal Highway linking Gawadar with
Karachi
 In 2004, Pakistan's NHA began construction of the 820-km
long M8 motorway linking Gawadar with Ratodero in Sindh
province Turbat, Hoshab, Awaran and Khuzdar

22. Gawadar as ECONOMIC ZONE
 GDA was established to promote industrial activities in mega
port city of Gawadar
 China focused on the fast-track construction of roads, other
infrastructure and public buildings
 In 2013, Gawadar Port operations were officially handed over
to China,
 To connect china with Gawadar through railway track has
already begun.

23. Why CPEC is needed?
IN PAKISTAN
• Major project
 Power Projects
 Transport infrastructure
 Railway Projects
 Gawadar Projects

24. Benefits for China in CPEC
• It would decrease the travel distance and travel cost greatly
from China to Gulf states
• Independent path from Indian and USA’s interference
• It would decrease their labour cost
• New business market in another country

25. Major Projects
Energy ($33.8 billion)
Infrastructure ($11.8
billion)
Communication ($44
Million)
Cotton biotech research

26. Power Projects

27. Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park

28. Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park
 Located At Bahawalpur
 World Largest solar Power Plant
 $1.5 Billion Project
 900 MV Production Expected
 Build In 3 Phases
 Complete At The end Of 2016
 By Zonergy Company

29. Suki Kinari Hydro Power Plant

30. Suki Kinari Hydro Power Plant
It is in KPK
870 MW Produce
Started In 2014
End In 2020

31. Karot Hydro Power plant

32. Karot Hydro Power plant
It is on Jhelum river near to the Islamabad
Produce 720 MW
$1.65 Billion Project
Complete in 2020

33. Port Qasim Coal-Fired Power Plant

34. Port Qasim Coal-Fired Power Plant
$2.085 Billion Project
Complete By The End Of 2017
Produce 1320MW
By China Resource Limited

35. Other Coal Project
Proposed Coal Power Projects MW
Estimated
Coal Consumption
Sahiwal, Huaneng Shandong 1,320 5,184,168
Muzafargarh 1,320 5,184,168
Thar Engro 660 2,592,084
Thar Other 1,320 5,184,168
Port Qasim 1,320 5,184,168
Gawadar 300 1,178,220
Total 6,240 24,506,976

36. Wind Power Projects

37. Wind Power Projects
Thatta Project (100 MW)
Hydro China Project (50 MW)
Sachal Project (50 MW)

38. Transport infrastructure

39. Karachi-Lahore Motorway

40. Karachi-Lahore Motorway

41. Karakorum Highway Realignment

42. Karakorum Highway Realignment
• Attabad Barrier Lake
• $275 million Project
• 24 KM Bypass
• 5 KM Worth Of Tunnels
• 2 Large Bridges
• 78 Small bridges

43. Gawadar-Ratodero Motorway

44. Gawadar-
Motorway
• $238 Million Project
• 4-Lanes Motorway
• 892 kilometers Long
• 556 kilometers have already been constructed

46. Railway Projects

48. Karachi–Peshawar main railway line
 Over Haul and Reconstruction Of Rail
 $3.65 billion Project
 train travel at up to 160 kilometers per hour
 First Stage Peshawar to Multan
 Second Stage Multan to Hyderabad
 Third Stage Hyderabad to Karachi
 expected completion by December 2019

49. Gawadar Projects

51. Gawadar International Airport

52. Gawadar International Airport
$230 million Project
On 3000 acres
Connects Gawadar to Karachi, Turbat and Muscat
Operational by December 2017

53. Gawadar City And Port

54. Gawadar City And Port
Gawadar Coal Power Project (360 million dollars)
construction of breakwaters (130 million dollars)
water treatment plant (114 million dollars)
state-of-the-art hospital (100 million dollars)
Free Economic Zones (35 million dollars)
technical and vocational institute (10 million dollars)

55. Advantages and Disadvantages Of CPEC
Advantages Disadvantages and Benefits of
CPEC to
Pakistan and China

56. Advantages
• 1.43 trillion, including an Rs.282.32 billion
foreign assistance while a total of Rs.179.85
billion has been spent till J 2016.
• 129.858 billion for 38 projects in the current
fiscal year.
• 500 million for financial year 2016-17

57. Advantages
Can benefit new emerging regional
cooperation
Save time, cost and freight charges
Facilitate trade, have Economic Zone en-route
and will allow reaping of full benefits of
development, economic and social uplift

58. Advantages
Increase the economic collaboration between
both countries by connecting western china to
Gawadar
Regional stability in Asia awa in whole world
Pakistan economy will Boost

59. Advantages
Pakistan can avail great opportunities from
chine’s expert in various sectors like energy,
Technology and Education sector
Create new employment opportunities
Pakistan and china both collectively target the
half of the population of the world, it will
provide great opportunity for both countries
to expend their market

60. Disadvantages
• FTA leads to threat for local markets and local
manufacturers
• Disturb of local industries
• Difficult to compete china’s product in market
• Increase the ratio of unemployment
• Dependent to China

61. Conclusions
• CPEC can be the game changer for Pakistan its
the biggest opportunity for Pakistan to
overcome from its crisis and to write its names
among the list of developed countries.

62. Recommendations