On June 3, Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif of Pakistan visited Gwadar Port, an important part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and launched several development projects to further promote economic activities. Pang Chunxue, Charg é d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, Li Bijian, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in Karachi, and Zhang Baozhong, Chairman of China Overseas Port Holding Group Co., Ltd. attended the opening ceremony of China's assistance to Pakistan's Gwadar East Bay Expressway in Guatemala, accompanied by Liu Hui, Deputy General Manager of Linyi Shopping City Overseas Investment Co., Ltd.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif delivered a speech at the ceremony, thanking China for its assistance and the hard work of Chinese builders. Dongwan Expressway is a high-quality highway built in China. After being opened to traffic, it will be connected with the national highway of Pakistan, opening the transportation channel between Gwadar Port and Karachi. Shabaz said that China has donated solar power equipment to thousands of households in Gwadar, built infrastructure for people's livelihood such as hospitals, and will also build desalination plants. Pakistan appreciates China's great contribution to helping solve the people's livelihood problem in Gwadar, thanks China for fully taking into account the interests of local fishermen and paying attention to the protection of national natural heritage such as geology and geomorphology in the design and construction of the East Bay Expressway, and is determined to speed up the construction of Gwadar. The Pakistani government will increase investment in infrastructure around Gwadar, improve various supporting policies, and create a better business environment for investors.

Pang Chunxue, the Charg é d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, said in his speech that China attaches great importance to the people's livelihood in Gwadar, and is willing to continue to promote the development of Gwadar's medical, education, vocational and technical personnel training and other areas of people's livelihood, work hard to help the local people solve problems such as the shortage of electricity and fresh water resources, promote the construction of an intelligent, green and modern Gwadar Port, and let the local people share the high-quality development achievements of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The construction of Dongwan Expressway is intended to benefit the local people. The needs of local fishermen are fully considered in the design and construction. After the completion of the new international airport in Gwadar in the future, it will work with Dongwan Expressway to promote Gwadar to become a regional transportation hub and create a better life for the local people.

Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif's successful visit to Gwadar Port marks a new starting point for the development of Gwadar Port and will inject new impetus into the development of China Pakistan Economic Corridor. As the first completed project of Gwadar Port, Linyi Shopping Mall Overseas Investment Co., Ltd. also received special attention from all leaders. Next, Linyi Shopping Mall Overseas Investment Co., Ltd. will combine its advantages in warehousing, trade, exhibition, etc., seize the new opportunities for development in the "post epidemic" era, attract domestic counterparts to invest in melon, increase industrial agglomeration and create scale effects, and provide inexhaustible power to better serve the domestic "double cycle".

It is understood that the Gwadar East Bay Expressway starts from Gwadar Port in the south, with a total length of 19.49 kilometers, and the terminal point is connected with Pakistan National Highway 10. It is one of the early harvest projects of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The project was undertaken by China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. and officially started construction in 2017.

On the same day, the commencement ceremony of China aided construction of Pakistan Gwadar Seawater Desalination Plant and other projects was also held on the site. Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif of Pakistan, Minister of National Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Chief Minister of Baluchistan Abdul Kudus Bi Zengzhou, Interim Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan Pang Chunxue, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in Karachi Li Bijian, Chairman of China Overseas Port Holding Group Co., Ltd. Zhang Baozhong, General Manager of China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (Pakistan Company) Wu Ping Hu Yaozong, General Manager of China Communications Construction Corporation (Pakistan Branch), Ding Kan, General Manager of Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. (Pakistan Branch) and others attended the meeting.