Inclusive and Cooperative Development of CPEC: Challenges & Way Forward

NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) organized the high-level webinar on the inclusive and cooperative development of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Thursday, April 22, 2021. The webinar brought together a distinguished panel of senior policymakers, diplomats, business leaders, subject matter experts, academics, and scholars to discuss various facets of coordinated, consultative, integrated, multidimensional, and scientific development of CPEC in 2021-2030. The webinar focused on the immense potential of CPEC for domestic, bilateral, and multilateral development leading to domestic progress, regional integration and stability, common prosperity, and harmonious inter-state relations. The experts identified a range of approaches, strategies, proposals, and suggestions for the high-quality development of CPEC, backed by the strong guarantee of China-Pakistan bilateral cooperation, amidst a fluid regional and global geopolitical situation. This report represents a critical analysis of the collective views of the experts put forward during the webinar