SHIPYARD WITH SHIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION; DELEGATION; FOUNDRY INSPECTED BY DELEGATION;




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Background: A TRADE DELEGATION FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, LED BY ACTING FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER LIN HAI-YUN, ON WEDNESDAY VISITED A SHIPYARD AND METAL WORKS IN KARACHI DURING A TOUR OF PAKISTAN INDUSTRY.

THE DELEGATION SAW THE SHIP "SHALIMAR" UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SHIPYARD AND INSPECTED WORKSHIPS AND OTHER ENGINEERING SECTIONS OF THE YARD.

LATER, THE DELEGATION WAS SHOWN OVER A METAL WORKS, WHERE THEY SAW THE PROCESS OF SMELTING AND CASTING METAL.

LATER, IN A SPEECH AT THE KARACHI CHAMBER OF COMMERE, MR. IN SAID THAT PAKISTAN INDUSTRY HAD MADE GREAT STRIDES SINCE HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE COUNTRY IN 1963. AT THAT TIME, CHINA AND PAKISTAN HAD SIGNED A TRADE AGREEMENT, SINCE WHEN TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES HAD INCREASED CONSIDERABLY.

MR. LIN SAID THAT HIS COUNTRY'S POLICY WAS TO ENCOURAGE TRADE BETWEEN FRIENDLY COUNTRIES. THIS POLICY WAS BASED ON MUTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND HELPED IN EXPANDING FRIENDLY RELATIONS.