A 9-member Chinese delegation, approved by the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, under the leadership of the President of Chinese Think Tank Association of Special economic Zones, Sikang Wu called on the executive director NAVTTC, Zulfiqar Cheema, at NAVTTC Headquarters in mid Jun with the purpose of strengthening think tanks exchanges between Pakistan and China, enhancing cooperation on vocational education and enhancing the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The delegation comprised of researches of China Special Economic Zone Think Tank, members of intelligent manufacturing vocational education enterprises in China and chairman of global intelligent manufacturing enterprise.
On this occasion, Zulfiqar Cheema briefed the delegation about the role of National Vocational & Technical Education Commission as an advisory body to the federal government on TVET and the recent initiatives of NAVTTC to introduce reforms in the current TVET system of Pakistan. He emphasized that CPEC would open new vistas of prosperity and development and offer enormous employment opportunities for the people of Pakistan. He added that CPEC would be a living monument of Pak-China friendship and it will serve geo-strategic interests of both the countries. He urged that the two countries should enhance their collaboration to reboot the TVET system in Pakistan.