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Robust diplomacy promotes Pakistan’s trade partnerships with ChinaBreaking

October 23, 2025

Moaaz Manzoor

The Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing has intensified business diplomacy through an active series of B2B engagements in 2024 and the first half of 2025, resulting in new investment pledges, trade partnerships, and increased participation of Chinese enterprises across various sectors.

According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the Mission organized more than 200 matchmaking meetings in the first half of 2025, involving major Pakistani companies such as Dolmen Group, Organic Group, and Wah Nobel, connecting them with potential Chinese partners in Beijing, Weifang, Dalian, and other industrial hubs. The embassy also facilitated the participation of 120 Chinese companies in FoodAg Manufacturing 2025, held from February 26 to 28 at the Expo Centre Lahore, which became the largest delegation from all global missions.

Key outcomes included proposals for a Potato Seed Research Centre between Inner Mongolia Zhongjia Agricultural Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Roomi Farms, and technological cooperation in livestock machinery between Wuhan Red Star Agro-Livestock Machinery Co., Ltd. and Pakistan’s Ghani Group.

In addition, the Mission coordinated the visit of the XPCC (Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) delegation, comprising 10 companies, with investment interests in six sectors, including agriculture, energy and minerals, textile, chemical, auto and auto parts, and construction. Similarly, a Beijing delegation of 72 representatives from 57 Chinese companies signed seven MoUs covering pink salt, minerals, traditional Chinese medicine, and machinery during B2B matchmaking events.

The embassy also supported Pakistan’s participation in multiple expos such as the China Eurasia Expo, Harbin Expo, Lanzhou Trade Fair, and 4th RCEP (Shandong) Import Expo, with more events in the pipeline, including CIFIT, Arab Expo, and China-Northeast Asia Expo. Many delegates attended the Health, Engineering, and Medical Show 2025 in April, while seven delegates from China visited Pakistan to explore cooperation in environmental protection, industrial e-commerce, education, agriculture, and automobile sectors.

Major investment discussions have gained traction, particularly with Shandong Ruyi Group, which has indicated plans to invest USD 3–5 billion in a textile and apparel complex in Pakistan. Similarly, Iron Brothers Group’s first visit to Pakistan concluded successfully, as the company moves toward establishing a Special Economic Zone in Gilgit under the SIFC framework.

These engagements collectively indicate a year of stronger business-to-business collaboration, signaling practical progress in trade facilitation, investment connectivity, and joint industrial initiatives between enterprises of both countries.

Credit: INP-WealthPk