ISLAMABAD – Lu Shumin, Vice President of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and leader of the CPIFA delegation that is currently visiting Pakistan, has said that China seeks long-term stable relations with US and other global powers.
He made these remarks while speaking at an in-house meeting at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), on Monday. He said that Pakistan is the only country with which China enjoys all types of healthy relations. He also discussed that the new Chinese leadership is very much important and all including Chinese are concerned that where China is heading and said that China is based on the reality of socialism and it is going to promote sociological, economical, political, cultural and ecological (newly added) developments. He said that the general task of the new leadership is to promote the socialist modernisation and is expecting to complete the beauty of modern and prosperous society. He alleged that China would follow the win-win strategy through cooperation. Speaking about the US-China relations he said that China seeks to long-term stable relations with US and other global powers. Shumin also gave a brief overview of the Institute and said that the purpose of CPIFA is to engage in the studies of world affairs, international and foreign policy issues and carry out the exchanges with senior officials, noted statement, congressmen and senators etc. He said that CPIFA has carry out people to people contact and played a unique role in bringing wider exchange.
Earlier on arrival, the Chairman ISSI, Gul Haneef welcomed the guests and said that Pakistan has long standing relations with the Chinese institutes and they are very delighted to have CPIFA delegation here and are looking forward to useful and constructive exchange of views enormously from the delegation’s wisdom.  Director General ISSI, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi reiterated the Chairman’s warm welcome and said that Pakistan-China relation has passed the test of time in all type of changes that took place around the globe. One of the constant in International Relations is the relation between Pakistan and China and hoped that the deliberations would go a long way in bringing peace and cooperation to this region.
Qazi said that there is a national consensus with respect to image of China as a real friend on all the dimensions. He alleged that despite of all the internal issues and dimensions of our relations with US and India, we always seek to normalize our relations. For Pakistan, he said, that what is most important is to concentrate on prioritization for the next generation in terms of growth and development and Pakistan-China should use their bilateral relations for the economic transformation.
The event was concluded after an enlightening question and answer session and closing remarks by Director General ISSI, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi.