The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said Beijing looks forward to the visit of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, considering it as an opportunity to promote greater joint development.

According to a Radio Pakistan’s report, at her regular briefing in Beijing, Spokesperson Mao Ning said the visit would boost the ChinaPakistan allweather strategic partnership.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay an official visit of China from Tuesday to Saturday on the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang. This is his first visit to China after the establishment of the new government this year.