Agreements span meals processing, agri-technology and livestock as officers stress follow-up and implementation
Federal Minister for Nationwide Meals Safety and Analysis Rana Tanveer Hussain. Photograph: File
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Minister for Nationwide Meals Safety and Analysis Rana Tanveer Hussain has mentioned that the Pakistan-China Agri Funding Convention held on January 19, 2026 resulted within the signing of 79 memoranda of understanding (MoU) between Pakistani and Chinese language firms, with an estimated funding worth of $4.5 billion in agriculture and allied sectors.
Talking to the media, as per an official assertion issued on Tuesday, the minister mentioned the size of the agreements mirrored a shift from dialogue to investment-led cooperation, including that the convention was designed to safe project-based commitments fairly than broad discussions.
He mentioned the occasion centered on direct business-to-business matchmaking, focused sectoral engagement and project-based funding facilitation, enabling firms from either side to conclude agreements aligned with industrial demand and technological wants. Hussain mentioned the Ministry of Nationwide Meals Safety and Analysis carried out in depth preparatory work forward of the convention, together with structured consultations with Pakistani trade representatives and Chinese language enterprises. The goal, he mentioned, was to align proposals with nationwide priorities, market necessities and expertise gaps.
Because of this, he mentioned, agreements had been signed throughout ten agricultural and allied subsectors. These included meals processing and worth addition, agri-technology, seeds and plant safety, livestock and dairy, meat and poultry, vegetables and fruit, fisheries and aquaculture, animal feed, post-harvest infrastructure and agricultural inputs.
The minister mentioned the proposed investments had been anticipated to modernise agricultural worth chains and introduce superior manufacturing and processing applied sciences. He added that increased productiveness, improved storage and higher logistics might cut back post-harvest losses and strengthen farm-to-market linkages. He mentioned the influx of capital and expertise was additionally anticipated to generate employment, notably in rural areas, and contribute to increased farm incomes. Improved processing capability, he added, would assist export-oriented manufacturing of value-added agricultural and meals merchandise.
Referring to wider financial impacts, Rana Tanveer Hussain mentioned the investments would contribute to GDP progress, increase the commercial base linked to agriculture and assist worth stability via improved provide chains. He mentioned enhanced home processing might additionally strengthen nationwide meals safety. The minister mentioned the convention outcomes had been according to the goals of the second section of the China-Pakistan Financial Hall (CPEC), which locations emphasis on industrial cooperation, expertise switch and sustainable improvement. He mentioned the federal government would concentrate on translating the signed MoUs into operational initiatives.
He added that follow-up mechanisms, institutional coordination and facilitation for traders could be prioritised to make sure that agreements moved past documentation and into implementation.
Individually, Particular Assistant to the Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan met a Chinese language delegation to debate avenues for increasing financial cooperation, with emphasis on exports, manufacturing, mining, minerals and industrial coverage. The assembly was attended by Minister Counsellor Yang Guangyuan, Vera Luo of the China Chamber of Commerce in Pakistan, the Prime Minister’s Coordinator for China Zafar Uddin and Secretary Industries and Manufacturing Saif Anjum.
Through the discussions, either side exchanged views on growing Pakistan’s export base, strengthening manufacturing capability and creating the nation’s mineral, mining and gemstone sectors via efficient insurance policies and well timed execution.
